CVE-2019-5252: There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a…

PriorityP412low3.5CVSS 3.1

AVPACLPRNUINSUCLILAN

EPSS

0.22%

12.7th percentile

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
huawei	enjoy_8_plus_firmware	< 9.1.0.124\(c00e112r1p6t8\)	9.1.0.124\(c00e112r1p6t8\)
huawei	honor_8x_firmware	< 9.1.0.217\(c00e15r3p2t8\)	9.1.0.217\(c00e15r3p2t8\)
huawei	honor_8x_firmware	< 9.1.0.237\(c432e1r3p2t8\)	9.1.0.237\(c432e1r3p2t8\)
huawei	honor_8x_firmware	< 9.1.0.237\(c636e2r4p1t8\)	9.1.0.237\(c636e2r4p1t8\)
huawei	honor_9_lite_firmware	< 9.1.0.124\(c00e112r2p10t8\)	9.1.0.124\(c00e112r2p10t8\)
huawei	honor_9_lite_firmware	< 9.1.0.136\(c636e5r1p5t8\)	9.1.0.136\(c636e5r1p5t8\)
huawei	honor_9i_firmware	< 9.1.0.115\(c00e113r1p6t8\)	9.1.0.115\(c00e113r1p6t8\)
huawei	honor_9i_firmware	< 9.1.0.122\(c636e4r1p4t8\)	9.1.0.122\(c636e4r1p4t8\)
huawei	y6_pro_firmware	< 9.1.0.248\(c636e5r3p1\)	9.1.0.248\(c636e5r3p1\)
huawei	y9_firmware	< 9.1.0.131\(c432e6r1p5t8\)	9.1.0.131\(c432e6r1p5t8\)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.13.5LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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