Honor View 10 FirmwareOperating system · Huawei

CVE-2019-5295

MEDIUM · 6.4 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-06-06
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Huawei Honor V10 smartphones versions earlier than Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8) have an authorization bypass vulnerability. Due to improper authorization implementation logic, attackers can bypass certain authorization scopes of smart phones by performing specific operations. This vulnerability can be exploited to perform operations beyond the scope of authorization.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Authorization bypass vulnerability in Huawei Honor V10 smartphones due to improper authorization implementation logic. Attackers can bypass certain authorization scopes and perform operations beyond their permitted access level. The flaw exists in versions earlier than Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8).

MitigationUpdate Huawei Honor V10 devices to version Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8) or later to remediate the authorization bypass vulnerability.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Honor View 10 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:< berkeley-al20_9.0.0.125\(c00e125r2p14t8\)

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Confirm device model is Honor V10 or Honor View 10
    Navigate to Settings > About Phone > Model Name on the device and verify the model is either 'Honor V10' or 'Honor View 10'
    Affected if The device is a Huawei Honor V10 or Honor View 10 smartphone
  2. Retrieve the firmware build number
    Go to Settings > About Phone > Build Number to display the current firmware version string installed on the device
    Affected if The displayed build number differs from or precedes berkeley-al20_9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8)
  3. Compare version against affected threshold
    Compare the installed build number to 'berkeley-al20_9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8)' using lexicographic string comparison, noting that earlier versions contain lower version numbers in each segment
    Affected if The installed version is any build earlier than berkeley-al20_9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14t8)
  4. Check software update status
    Navigate to Settings > System > Software Update to query whether a newer firmware version is available from Huawei
    Affected if An update to version Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8) or later is available for installation

The device is affected if it is a Huawei Honor V10/View 10 running firmware build numbers earlier than berkeley-al20_9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8).

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update Huawei Honor V10 devices to version Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.125(C00E125R2P14T8) or later to remediate the authorization bypass vulnerability.

Fix this in Honor View 10 Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
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