Huawei Smartphone Application path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation as part of Application can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-5251. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

There is a path traversal vulnerability in several Huawei smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathnames from the application. An attacker could trick the user into installing, backing up and restoring a malicious application. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-5251 since 01/04/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/12/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Huawei

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• Smartphone

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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