CVE-2018-7924 — Anne-AL00 Huawei phones with versions earlier than 8

Anne-AL00 Huawei phones with versions earlier than 8.0.0.151(C00) have an information leak vulnerability. Due to improper permission settings for specific commands, attackers who can connect to a mobile phone via the USB interface may exploit this vulnerability to obtain specific

01What is this vulnerability?

Anne-AL00 Huawei phones with versions earlier than 8.0.0.151(C00) have an information leak vulnerability. Due to improper permission settings for specific commands, attackers who can connect to a mobile phone via the USB interface may exploit this vulnerability to obtain specific device information of the mobile phone.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	Anne	AL00 — Versions earlier than 8.0.0.151(C00)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T06:37:59.606Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20181017-01-smartph…