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Security Advisory - Two Vulnerabilities in Smart Phones

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20170807-01-smartphone
  • Initial Release Date: Aug 07, 2017
  • Last Release Date: Sep 08, 2017

Some Huawei smart phones have an unlock code verification bypassing vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-04121)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8214.

Some Huawei smart phones have a permission control vulnerability. An attacker with the system privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-04122)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8215.

Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170807-01-smartphone-en

Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

Honor 8
Versions earlier than FRD-AL00C00B391
FRD-AL00C00B391
Versions earlier than FRD-DL00C00B391
FRD-DL00C00B391
Honor V8
Versions earlier than KNT-AL10C00B391
KNT-AL10C00B391
Versions earlier than KNT-AL20C00B391
KNT-AL20C00B391
Versions earlier than KNT-UL10C00B391
KNT-UL10C00B391
Versions earlier than KNT-TL10C00B391
KNT-TL10C00B391
Honor 9
Versions earlier than Stanford-AL00C00B175
Stanford-AL00C00B175
Versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175
Stanford-AL10C00B175
Versions earlier than Stanford-TL00C01B175
Stanford-TL00C01B175

Honor V9

Versions earlier than Duke-AL20C00B191

Duke-AL20C00B191

Versions earlier than Duke-TL30C01B191

Duke-TL30C01B191

Nova 2

Versions earlier than Picasso-AL00C00B162

Picasso-AL00C00B162

Versions earlier than Picasso-TL00C01B162 

Picasso-TL00C01B162

Nova 2 Plus

Versions earlier than Barca-AL00C00B162

Barca-AL00C00B162

Versions earlier than Barca-TL00C00B162

Barca-TL00C00B162

P9
Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B396SP03
EVA-AL10C00B396SP03 
Versions earlier than EVA-CL00C92B396
EVA-CL00C92B396
Versions earlier than EVA-DL00C17B396
EVA-DL00C17B396
Versions earlier than EVA-TL00C01B396 
EVA-TL00C01B396 
P10 Plus Versions earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172
Vicky-AL00AC00B172

Toronto

Versions earlier than Toronto-AL00AC00B191

Toronto-AL00AC00B191

Versions earlier than Toronto-TL10C01B191

Toronto-TL10C01B191

HWPSIRT-2017-04121:

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

HWPSIRT-2017-04122:

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

HWPSIRT-2017-04121:

Base Score: 5.4 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 5.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-04122:

Base Score: 5.4 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 5.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-04121:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker has obtained the root privilege of the mobile.

Vulnerability details:

An attacker with the root privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

HWPSIRT-2017-04122:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker has obtained the system privilege of the mobile.

Vulnerability details:

An attacker with the system privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.

These two vulnerabilities were reported to Huawei PSIRT by Wen Guanxing of Pangu lab. Huawei would like to thank Wen Guanxing for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.

2017-09-08 V1.6 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information
2017-09-01 V1.5 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information
2017-08-29 V1.4 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information
2017-08-26 V1.3 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information
2017-08-16 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information
2017-08-10 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the affected software versions and fixes information

2017-08-07 V1.0 INITIAL

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