Huawei Files App up to 7.1.1.308 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Files App up to 7.1.1.308. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-2723. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Huawei Files App up to 7.1.1.308. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Files APP 7.1.1.308 and earlier versions in some Huawei mobile phones has a vulnerability of plaintext storage of users' Safe passwords. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system could forge the Safe to read users' plaintext Safe passwords, leading to information leak.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2723 since 12/01/2016. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 217 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 7.1.1.309 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.3
VulDB Temp Score: 2.2
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NVD Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Files App 7.1.1.309

Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
04/19/2017 +139 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +217 days 🔍
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11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/11/2023 +1875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170419-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2723 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2723
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109837

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 07:49
Updated: 01/11/2023 12:18
Changes: 11/23/2017 07:49 (58), 12/09/2019 18:05 (2), 01/11/2023 12:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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