CVE-2020-9259

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Huawei Honor V30 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.212(C00E210R5P1) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter passed from the bottom level, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application and control the bottom level, successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

Affected products

Huawei Honor V30: before 10.1.0.212\(c00e210r5p1\) — fixed in 10.1.0.212\(c00e210r5p1\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Honor V30 10.1.0.212\(c00e210r5p1\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200715-02-smartphone-en
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200715-02-smartphone-en

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