Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Several Smartphones

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in several smartphones. A logic error occurs when handling NFC work, an attacker should establish a NFC connection to the target phone, and then do a series of operations on the target phone. Successful exploit could allow a guest user do certain operation which is beyond the guest user’s privilege. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-08001)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1798.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200527-02-smartphone-en