PT-2019-17533 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2019-12-13 · Updated 2019-12-18 · CVE-2019-5251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei smartphones (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a path traversal vulnerability. It occurs because the system does not sufficiently validate certain pathnames from the application. This could allow an attacker to trick the user into installing, backing up, and restoring a malicious application, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-5251

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5251 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory