Security Advisory - Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180307-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Mar 07, 2018
- Last Release Date: Mar 07, 2018
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-17279.
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-20180307-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Mate 9 Pro |
The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) |
LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) |
Base Score: 6.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
Temporal Score: 5.7 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
1.The attacker has successfully tricked a user into installing the malicious application;
2.The attacker should located within the audio range to the phone.
Vulnerability details:
The soundtrigger module of some Huawei smart phones has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability to replace related authentication information, which make the attacker can wake up the phone and control it to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
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