CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-16241

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2019-11-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-11-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-668

Description

On TCL Alcatel Cingular Flip 2 B9HUAH1 devices, PIN authentication can be bypassed by creating a special file within the /data/local/tmp/ directory. The System application that implements the lock screen checks for the existence of a specific file and disables PIN authentication if it exists. This file would typically be created via Android Debug Bridge (adb) over USB.

Affected configurations

• alcatelmobile cingular flip 2 firmware b9huah1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References