Huawei P9 Settings access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei P9 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Settings. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2705. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei P9 (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Settings. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei P9 smartphones with software versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B365, versions earlier before EVA-AL00C00B365, versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B365, versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B365, versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B365 have a phone activation bypass vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass phone activation to settings page of the phone.

The bug was discovered 01/18/2017. The weakness was shared 11/22/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2705 since 12/01/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 308 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95661†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
01/18/2017 +48 days 🔍
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11/22/2017 +308 days 🔍
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11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/11/2023 +1875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170118-02
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109819
SecurityFocus: 95661 - Huawei Smart Phones CVE-2017-2705 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 07:45
Updated: 01/11/2023 10:17
Changes: 11/23/2017 07:45 (59), 12/09/2019 16:12 (4), 01/11/2023 10:17 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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