5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-5251
Huawei Smartphone Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description

There is a path traversal vulnerability in several Huawei smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathnames from the application. An attacker could trick the user into installing, backing up and restoring a malicious application. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 13, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:44 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5251 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei p30_pro_firmware
2 Huawei p30_firmware
3 Huawei honor_v10_firmware
4 Huawei mate_20_firmware
5 Huawei enjoy_7s_firmware
6 Huawei honor_9_lite_firmware
7 Huawei honor_9i_firmware
8 Huawei m6_firmware
9 Huawei honor_20s_firmware
10 Huawei honor_9i
11 Huawei mate_20
12 Huawei p30
13 Huawei p30_pro
14 Huawei honor_9_lite
15 Huawei honor_v10
16 Huawei enjoy_7s
17 Huawei m6
18 Huawei honor_20s
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-5251.

URL Resource
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5251 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en No Types Assigned https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-03-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_v10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.333\(c00e333r2p1t8\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_v10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.226\(c00e220r2p1\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p30:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:enjoy_7s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.130\(c00e115r2p8t8\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:enjoy_7s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.139\(c00e133r3p1\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_9_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.143\(c636e5r1p5t8\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_9_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_9i_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.120\(c00e113r1p6t8\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_9i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:m6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.1.150\(c00e150r1p150\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:m6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.226\(c00e210r2p1\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p30_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_20s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.1.132\(c00e131r6p1\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_20s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_9_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.0.130\(c00e112r2p10t8\) OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_9_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.00%

score

0.36558

percentile

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