CVE-2019-5252
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9...
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
- Record
CVE-2019-5252- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
- Record
CVE-2019-5252- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14857 No score
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14857- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-252p-r436-cv4f No score
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9...
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
- Record
GHSA-252p-r436-cv4f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5252 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Huawei Enjoy 8 Plus Firmware, published December 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.