Huawei P9 User Management access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei P9. The affected element is an unknown function of the component User Management. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2727. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei P9 (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component User Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei P9 smart phones with software versions earlier before EVA-AL00C00B365, versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B365,Versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B365, versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B365, versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B365 have a privilege escalation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can bypass phone activation to user management page of the phone and create a new user. Successful exploit could allow the attacker operate part function of the phone.

The bug was discovered 02/09/2017. The weakness was released 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2727 since 12/01/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 286 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
02/09/2017 +70 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +286 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/11/2023 +1875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170209-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2727 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2727
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109841

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 07:50
Updated: 01/11/2023 12:49
Changes: 11/23/2017 07:50 (57), 12/09/2019 19:24 (2), 01/11/2023 12:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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