CVE-2020-1796
There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones. The software incorrectly performs an authorization to certain…
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- huawei
Description
There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones. The software incorrectly performs an authorization to certain user, successful exploit could allow a low privilege user to do certain operation which the user are supposed not to do.Affected product versions include:HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8);HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2).
Timeline
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By huawei
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- Improper Authorization
- CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs
Affected products
HUAWEI Mate 20;HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro
- affected Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8)
- affected Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2)
References (1)
- https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200318-05-smartphone-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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