CVE-2017-17279

Medium

Description

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) 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 and make attacker bypass the authentication, the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductHuawei Mate 9 Pro Firmware
PublishedMar 9, 2018
First seenMar 9, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • huawei mate_9_pro_firmwarelon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\) or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
huawei mate_9_pro_firmwarev < lon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\)lon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\)

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