Security Advisory - Bypass Vulnerability in the 'Find Phone' Function of Some Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20171213-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Dec 13, 2017
- Last Release Date: Dec 13, 2017
There is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the 'Find Phone' function of some Huawei smart phone. Due to improper authentication realization in the 'Find Phone' function. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass the 'Find Phone' function in order to use the phone normally. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-10067)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17161.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171213-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Duke-L09 |
Earlier than Duke-L09C10B186 versions |
Duke-L09C10B186 |
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Earlier than Duke-L09C432B187 versions |
Duke-L09C432B187 |
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Earlier than Duke-L09C636B186 versions |
Duke-L09C636B186 |
An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass the 'Find Phone' function in order to use the phone normally.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.6 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 4.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. An attacker got phone because user lost it or it was stolen.
Vulnerability details:
Due to improper authentication realization in the 'Find Phone' function. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass the 'Find Phone' function in order to use the phone normally.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.
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