CVE-2020-1796

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones. The software incorrectly performs an authorization to certain user, successful exploit could allow a low privilege user to do certain operation which the user are supposed not to do.Affected product versions include:HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8);HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2).

Affected products

HUAWEI Mate 20: through 10.0.0.188\(c00e74r3p8\)
HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro: through 10.0.0.203\(c00e202r7p2\)

References

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200318-05-smartphone-en
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200318-05-smartphone-en

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