Huawei Mate 10 Pro/Honor V10/Honor 10/Nova 4 Module Status input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Honor V10, Honor 10 and Nova 4 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Module Status Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1785. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Honor V10, Honor 10 and Nova 4 (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Module Status Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Honor 10;Nova 4 smartphones have a denial of service vulnerability. The system does not properly check the status of certain module during certain operations, an attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause reboot of the smartphone.

The weakness was shared 01/03/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-1785 since 11/29/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/03/2020).

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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• Honor 10
• Honor V10
• Mate 10 Pro
• Nova 4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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