VDB-109903 · CVE-2017-8166 · sa-20171019-01

Huawei Honor V9 App Lock 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei Honor V9 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component App Lock. This manipulation causes 7pk security. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-8166. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei Honor V9 (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component App Lock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-254. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei mobile phones Honor V9 with the software versions before Duke-AL20C00B195 have an App Lock bypass vulnerability. An attacker could perform specific operations to bypass the App Lock to use apps on a target mobile phone.

The bug was discovered 10/19/2017. The weakness was presented 11/22/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-8166 since 04/25/2017. 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 T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 34 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Honor V9

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/25/2017 🔍
10/19/2017 +177 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +34 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2023 +1880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171019-01
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-8166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109903

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 16:43
Updated: 01/16/2023 07:24
Changes: 11/23/2017 16:43 (57), 12/10/2019 09:31 (2), 01/16/2023 07:24 (4)
Complete: 🔍
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