{"id":"CVE-2020-9119","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9119","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:33.002Z","title":"There is a privilege escalation vulnerability on some Huawei smart phones due to design defects.","description":"There is a privilege escalation vulnerability on some Huawei smart phones due to design defects. The attacker needs to physically contact the mobile phone and obtain higher privileges, and execute relevant commands, resulting in the user's privilege promotion.","published":"2020-12-24T16:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["huawei/mate 10 firmware","huawei/mate 30 firmware","huawei/mate 30 pro firmware","huawei/p40 firmware","huawei/p40 pro firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13262,"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 (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20201202-01-smartphone-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20201202-01-smartphone-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9119","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."}