CVE-2020-9080
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local,...
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
- Record
CVE-2020-9080- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29909
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29909- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w867-8ghv-295x
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local,...
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
- Record
GHSA-w867-8ghv-295x- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
- Record
CVE-2020-9080- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9080 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Huawei Mate 20 Pro, published December 27, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.