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Improper Authentication

CVE-2020-1878

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Huawei smartphone OxfordS-AN00A with versions earlier than 10.0.1.152D(C735E152R3P3),versions earlier than 10.0.1.160(C00E160R4P1) have an improper authentication vulnerability. Authentication to target component is improper when device performs an operation. Attackers exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information by loading malicious application, leading to information leak.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published