CVE-2020-1840

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2020 at 06:14 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMate 20 FirmwareMate 20

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

HUAWEI Mate 20 smart phones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E70R3P8) have an insufficient authentication vulnerability. A local attacker with high privilege can execute a specific command to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause information leak and compromise the availability of the smart phones.Affected product versions include: HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E70R3P8)

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 10.0.0.175(c00e70r3p8)
huawei-mate-20 (same device)
v < 10.0.0.175
Affected range stops below 10.0.0.175, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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