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CVE-2019-5252 — There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Hon

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 applo

CVSS
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EPSS
0.05% (top 84.70%)
CWE
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Published
2019-12-13T23:12:50.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T19:47:56.878Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 ProVersions earlier than 9.1.0.131(C432E6R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.139(C636E6R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.217(C00E15R3P2T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C432E1R3P2T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C636E2R4P1T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.124(C00E112R2P10T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.136(C636E5R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.115(C00E113R1P6T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C636E4R1P4T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.248(C636E5R3P1)

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

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

09References

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