A vulnerability was found in Huawei Email App (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Huawei Email APP Vicky-AL00 smartphones with software of earlier than VKY-AL00C00B171 versions has a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send email that storing malicious code to a smartphone and waiting for a user to access this email that triggers execution of the code. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code on the affected device.

The bug was discovered 09/08/2017. The weakness was shared 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-8178 since 04/25/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 75 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Email App

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• commercial

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