CVE-2019-5263 — HiSuite with 9

HiSuite with 9.1.0.305 and earlier versions and 9.1.0.305(MAC) and earlier versions and HwBackup with earlier versions before 9.1.1.308 have a brute forcing encrypted backup data vulnerability. Huawei smartphone user backup information can be obtained by brute forcing the passwor

01What is this vulnerability?

HiSuite with 9.1.0.305 and earlier versions and 9.1.0.305(MAC) and earlier versions and HwBackup with earlier versions before 9.1.1.308 have a brute forcing encrypted backup data vulnerability. Huawei smartphone user backup information can be obtained by brute forcing the password for encrypting the backup.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / HiSuite, HwBackup	9.1.0.305 and earlier versions, 9.1.0.305(MAC) and earlier versions, Earlier versions before 9.1.1.308

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: 2019-11-29T19:20:27.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:56.887Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190821-01-backup…