PT-2018-18317 · Huawei · Leland-Al00A

Wangic + 1 · Published 2018-09-12 · Updated 2018-11-27 · CVE-2018-7906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei smart phones with software of Leland-AL00 version 8.0.0.114(C636) Huawei smart phones with software of Leland-AL00A version 8.0.0.171(C00)

Description: The issue is related to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into installing a malicious application. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient verification of a parameter, which can lead to successful exploitation causing the smartphone to have a black screen until it is restarted.

Recommendations: For Huawei smart phones with software of Leland-AL00 version 8.0.0.114(C636), update the software to a version that fixes the insufficient parameter verification issue. For Huawei smart phones with software of Leland-AL00A version 8.0.0.171(C00), update the software to a version that fixes the insufficient parameter verification issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the installation of applications from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-7906

Affected Products

Leland-Al00A

References · 3

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180905-01-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7906 · Security Note