{"id":"CVE-2020-9073","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9073","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:12.799Z","title":"Huawei P20 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.156(C00E156R1P4) have an improper authentication vulnerability.","description":"Huawei P20 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.156(C00E156R1P4) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to that when an user wants to do certain operation, the software insufficiently validate the user's identity. Attackers need to physically access the smartphone to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the limit of student mode function.","published":"2020-05-15T14:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":2.4,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["huawei/p20 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12637,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200513-01-smartphone-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200513-01-smartphone-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9073","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}