ALP-AL00B, ALP-AL00B-RSC, BLA-TL00B, Charlotte-AL00A, Emily-AL00A, Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5216

There is a race condition vulnerability on Huawei Honor V10 smartphones versions earlier than Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.156(C00E156R2P14T8), Honor 10 smartphones versions earlier than Columbia-AL10B 9.0.0.156(C00E156R1P20T8) and Honor Play smartphones versions earlier than Cornell-AL00A...

CVE-2019-5214

There is a use after free vulnerability on certain driver component in Huawei Mate10 smartphones versions earlier than ALP-AL00B 9.0.0.167(C00E85R2P20T8). An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which make the software to reference memory after it has been freed....

Design/Logic Flaw

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can...

CVE-2019-5297

Emily-L29C Huawei phones versions earlier than 9.0.0.159 (C185E2R1P12T8) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. Before the FRP account is verified and activated during the reset process, the attacker can perform some special operations to bypass the FRP function and...

CVE-2019-5297

Emily-L29C Huawei phones versions earlier than 9.0.0.159 (C185E2R1P12T8) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. Before the FRP account is verified and activated during the reset process, the attacker can perform some special operations to bypass the FRP function and...

CVE-2019-5283

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can...

Race condition

There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of Leland-AL00A Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Leland-AL00A 9.1.0.111(C00E111R2P10T8). Remote attackers could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected.....

CVE-2019-5284

There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of Leland-AL00A Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Leland-AL00A 9.1.0.111(C00E111R2P10T8). Remote attackers could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected.....

CVE-2019-5284

There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of Leland-AL00A Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Leland-AL00A 9.1.0.111(C00E111R2P10T8). Remote attackers could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected.....

Security feature bypass

Emily-L29C Huawei phones versions earlier than 9.0.0.159 (C185E2R1P12T8) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. Before the FRP account is verified and activated during the reset process, the attacker can perform some special operations to bypass the FRP function and...

CVE-2019-5283

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can...

CVE-2019-5284

There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of Leland-AL00A Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Leland-AL00A 9.1.0.111(C00E111R2P10T8). Remote attackers could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected.....

CVE-2019-5283

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can...

CVE-2019-5306

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions before Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167(C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the FRP function, an attacker can delete the activation lock after a series of operations. As a...

Design/Logic Flaw

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions before Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167(C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the FRP function, an attacker can delete the activation lock after a series of operations. As a...

CVE-2019-5306

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions before Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167(C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the FRP function, an attacker can delete the activation lock after a series of operations. As a...

CVE-2019-5297

Emily-L29C Huawei phones versions earlier than 9.0.0.159 (C185E2R1P12T8) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. Before the FRP account is verified and activated during the reset process, the attacker can perform some special operations to bypass the FRP function and...

CVE-2019-5306

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions before Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167(C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the FRP function, an attacker can delete the activation lock after a series of operations. As a...

Security News This Week: A Teen Waltzed Into Mar-a-Lago

Google's ad-blocking backlash, a privacy lawsuit against Apple, and more of the week's top security...

Network of Social Media Accounts Impersonates U.S. Political Candidates, Leverages U.S. and Israeli Media in Support of Iranian Interests

In August 2018, FireEye Threat Intelligence released a report exposing what we assessed to be an Iranian influence operation leveraging networks of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts aimed at audiences around the world. We identified inauthentic social media accounts posing as...

Snapchat Employees Reportedly Spied on Private Snaps

Baltimore ransomware, a Trump golf hack, and more of the week's top security...

Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in RTSP Module of Huawei Smart Phones

There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of some Huawei smart phones. Remote attacker could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected phone abnormal, leading to a DoS condition. (Vulnerability ID:...

Security Advisory - MITM Vulnerability on Huawei Share

There is a man-in-the-middle(MITM) vulnerability on Huawei Share of certain smartphones. When users establish connection and transfer data through Huawei Share, an attacker could sniffer, spoof and do a series of operations to intrude the Huawei Share connection and launch a man-in-the-middle...

Putin Will Put Russia Behind an Internet Curtain

Hacking big companies, building a better voting machine, and more security news this...

Hackers Found a Freaky New Way to Kill Your Car

Mueller report fallout, a biometrics database, and more of the week's top security...

Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to access the setting page. As a...

Trump’s Homeland Security Purge Worries Cybersecurity Experts

A leadership void at DHS means the White House is calling the shots where it wants to, cybersecurity experts warn, and other agencies can muscle in where it...

Facebook Won't Stop Being Sketchy, and More Security News This Week

Plus: Mar-a-Lago mishaps, Airbnb's creepy camera problem, tax-season phishing scams, and...

Google Play Store’s Malware Problem, and More Security News This Week

Plus, Russia cracks down on VPNs, Microsoft cracks down on Iranian hackers, and more of the week's top security...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-597)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-5390 aka 'SegmentSmack': A remote attacker even with relatively low bandwidth could have caused lots of CPU usage by triggering the worst case scenario...

How Zello Became a Lifeline for Venezuelans Under Maduro

A dedicated community of Zello moderators uses the voice-chat app to bring news and coordinate aid amid the country's political and economic...

Kushner Used WhatsApp, a Very Bad Database Leak, and More Security News This Week

The president's daughter and son-in-law used private messaging against the rules, and more security news this...

Security Advisory - Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability in Some Huawei Mobile Phones

Some Huawei mobile phones have a signature verification bypass vulnerability. Attackers can induce users to install malicious applications. Due to a defect in the signature verification logic, the malicious applications can invoke specific interface to execute malicious code. A successful exploit.....

US Tracks Journalists, Chelsea Manning Goes to Jail, and More Security News This Week

A surprisingly common password, an NSA spy program winds down, and more security news this...

Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability on Some Huawei Smartphones

Some Huawei phones have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. Before the FRP account is verified and activated during the reset process, the attacker can perform some special operations to bypass the FRP function and obtain the right to use the mobile phone....

Trump's North Korea Summit Inspires Spearphishing

Plus: cryptocurrency dust problems for #DeleteCoinbase, leaked financial watch lists, and more of the week's top security...

Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability on Some Huawei Smartphones

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the FRP function, an attacker can delete the activation lock after a series of operation, As a result, the FRP function is bypassed and the attacker gains....

Security Advisory - Double Free Vulnerability on Bastet Module of Some Huawei Smartphones

There is a double free vulnerability on Bastet module of some Huawei smartphones. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which frees on the same memory address twice. Successful exploit could result in malicious code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-12500)...

Chinese Surveillance, Facebook Tracking, and More Security News This Week

3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week's top security...

Don’t Get Your Valentine an Internet-Connected Sex Toy

Mozilla expands its “Privacy Not Included” gift guide to the bedroom: It’s all sexy fun and games until someone hacks a WiFi-enabled butt...

Google Chrome announces plans to improve URL display, website identity

“Unreadable gobbledygook” is one way to describe URLs today as we know them, and Google has been attempting to redo their look for years. In their latest move to improve how Chrome—and of course, how the company hopes other browsers would follow suit—displays the URL in its omnibox (the address...

Security Advisory - Authorization Bypass Vulnerability on Some Huawei Smartphone

Some Huawei smart phones have an authorization bypass vulnerability. Due to improper authorization implementation logic, attackers can bypass certain authorization scopes of smart phones by performing specific operations. This vulnerability can be exploited to perform operations beyond the scope...

Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics

Can a trio of privacy advocates effect change from within Facebook—or will they be stifled by corporate...

Security Advisory - Double Free Vulnerability on Smartphones

There is a double free vulnerability on certain driver of smartphones. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which makes multiple processes to operate the same resource at the same time. Successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition. (Vulnerability ID:....

Security Advisory - Memory Double Free Vulnerability in Image Processing Module of Some Huawei Smart Phones

The image processing module of some Huawei smart phones has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can call special API, which could trigger double free and cause a system crash. (Vulnerability ID:...

A Six Flags Fingerprints Ruling, Supply Chain Hacks, and More Security News This Week

Google's elite security team, police scanner encryption, and more of the week's top security...

Carbon Black TAU & ThreatSight Analysis: GandCrab and Ursnif Campaign

Summary (Analysis conducted by Andrew Costis, Cathy Cramer, Emily Miner and Jared Myers.) The Carbon Black ThreatSight team observed an interesting campaign over the last month. ThreatSight worked with the Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) to research the campaign. This report is being released to help...

Security Advisory - FragmentSmack Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

There is a DoS vulnerability in the Linux Kernel versions 3.9+ known as a FragmentSmack attack. Remote attackers could send fragmented IPv4 or IPv6 packets to the affected device to trigger time and calculation reassembly algorithms that could consume excessive CPU resources, resulting in a DoS...

Security Advisory - Race Condition Vulnerability on Several Smartphones

There is a race condition vulnerability on certain driver of smartphone. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which make multiple processes to operate the same variate at the same time. Successful exploit could cause execution of malicious code. (Vulnerability ID:...

Ring Security Cam Snooping, Location Tracking, and More Security News This Week

A German hack confession, unencrypted government sites, and more security news this...