CVE-2019-5281 — There is an information leak vulnerability in some Huawei phones, versions earli

There is an information leak vulnerability in some Huawei phones, versions earlier than Jackman-L21 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2). When a local attacker uses the camera of a smartphone, the attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information by performing a series of op

01What is this vulnerability?

There is an information leak vulnerability in some Huawei phones, versions earlier than Jackman-L21 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2). When a local attacker uses the camera of a smartphone, the attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information by performing a series of operations.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Huawei	Huawei Y9 2019	Version Earlier Than Jackman-L21 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2)

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: 2019-06-04T17:49:59.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:54:51.806Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190218-01-smartp…