Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphones. Due to the identity of the message sender is not properly verified, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability through man-in-the-middle attack to induce user to access malicious URL. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-12132)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9076.

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-20200610-02-phone-en