Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Smartphones

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in smartphones. Due to improperly validate of certain application, an attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the authentication to perform unauthorized operations. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-10065)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1812.

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-20200120-01-smartphone-en