Remote Control Vulnerability in RCS Module of Some Huawei Smart Phones (CVE-2018-7901)
by CIRT Team
Description: RCS module in Huawei ALP-AL00B smart phones with software versions earlier than 8.0.0.129, BLA-AL00B smart phones with software versions earlier than 8.0.0.129 has a remote-control vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application. When the application connects with RCS for the first time, it needs user to manually click to agree. In addition, the attacker needs to obtain the key that RCS uses to authenticate the application. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to control keyboard remotely.
Impact: Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to control keyboard remotely.
Vulnerable Products
ALP-AL00B (earlier versions than 8.0.0.129)
BLA-AL00B (earlier versions than 8.0.0.129)
Mitigation: Huawei has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
Reference URL’s:
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180425-01-rcs-en
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7901
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