Document Title: =============== Huawei Backup App - Mobile Reset Session Vulnerability Date: ===== 2018-07-29 References: =========== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1987 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAW9yL1CoW8 Advisory: https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/customer/get_private_content.php?id=1815 VL-ID: ===== 1978 Common Vulnerability Scoring System: ==================================== 5.9 Report-Timeline: ================ 2018-07-30: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory) Status: ======== Published Exploitation-Technique: ======================= Local Severity: ========= Medium Details: ======== The vulnerability is located in the application folder `HuaweiBackup - BackupFiles` with the `Name of the Backup folder`. The vulnerability affects the file called `info.xml` which is storing the encrypted passwords inside. By modifying the `checkmsg` parameter value with another encrypted password type it is possible to bypass and reset the current password successfully. Due to our investigation Huawei Backup android application comes default to all huawei mobile products. Credits: ======== Vulnerability-Lab [research@vulnerability-lab.com] - https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/show.php?user=Vulnerability-Lab Disclaimer: =========== The information provided in this advisory is provided as it is without any warranty. Vulnerability Lab disclaims all warranties, either expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and capability for a particular purpose. Vulnerability-Lab or its suppliers are not liable in any case of damage, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential loss of business profits or special damages, even if Vulnerability Labs or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability mainly for incidental or consequential damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply. We do not approve or encourage anybody to break any licenses, policies, deface websites, hack into databases or trade with stolen data. We have no need for criminal activities or membership requests. We do not publish advisories or vulnerabilities of religious-, militant- and racist- hacker/analyst/researcher groups or individuals. We do not publish trade researcher mails, phone numbers, conversations or anything else to journalists, investigative authorities or private individuals. Domains: www.vulnerability-lab.com - www.vulnerability-db.com - www.evolution-sec.com Programs: vulnerability-lab.com/submit.php - vulnerability-lab.com/list-of-bug-bounty-programs.php - vulnerability-lab.com/register.php Feeds: vulnerability-lab.com/rss/rss.php - vulnerability-lab.com/rss/rss_upcoming.php - vulnerability-lab.com/rss/rss_news.php Social: twitter.com/vuln_lab - facebook.com/VulnerabilityLab - youtube.com/user/vulnerability0lab Any modified copy or reproduction, including partially usages, of this file, resources or information requires authorization from Vulnerability Laboratory. Permission to electronically redistribute this alert in its unmodified form is granted. All other rights, including the use of other media, are reserved by Vulnerability Lab Research Team or its suppliers. All pictures, texts, advisories, source code, videos and other information on this website is trademark of vulnerability-lab team & the specific authors or managers. To record, list, modify, use or edit our material contact (admin@) to get an ask permission. Copyright © 2018 | Vulnerability Laboratory - [Evolution Security GmbH]™