CVE-2020-9244 is an improper authentication vulnerability affecting various Huawei Mate, P, and Honor smartphone models running specific older software versions. The flaw stems from the system's failure to properly sign certain encrypted files, potentially allowing an attacker who possesses the encryption key to forge these files. Rated with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.8 (Medium), this vulnerability has a physical attack vector (AV:P) and low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no user interaction (UI:N). A successful exploit could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, indicating low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r3p8\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.1.0.270\(c431e7r1p5\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p8\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p11\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p8\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.