Huawei HiWallet up to 5.0.3.99 APK File signature verification

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HiWallet up to 5.0.3.99. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component APK File Handler. The manipulation leads to signature verification. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-8177. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HiWallet up to 5.0.3.99 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component APK File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a signature verification vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-347. The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei APP HiWallet earlier than 5.0.3.100 versions do not support signature verification for APK file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the APK and upload modified APK file. Successful exploit could lead to the APP is hijacking.

The bug was discovered 08/16/2017. The weakness was presented 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8177 since 04/25/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 98 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 5.0.3.100 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Huawei

Name

• HiWallet

Version

• 5.0.3.0
• 5.0.3.1
• 5.0.3.2
• 5.0.3.3
• 5.0.3.4
• 5.0.3.5
• 5.0.3.6
• 5.0.3.7
• 5.0.3.8
• 5.0.3.9
• 5.0.3.10
• 5.0.3.11
• 5.0.3.12
• 5.0.3.13
• 5.0.3.14
• 5.0.3.15
• 5.0.3.16
• 5.0.3.17
• 5.0.3.18
• 5.0.3.19
• 5.0.3.20
• 5.0.3.21
• 5.0.3.22
• 5.0.3.23
• 5.0.3.24
• 5.0.3.25
• 5.0.3.26
• 5.0.3.27
• 5.0.3.28
• 5.0.3.29
• 5.0.3.30
• 5.0.3.31
• 5.0.3.32
• 5.0.3.33
• 5.0.3.34
• 5.0.3.35
• 5.0.3.36
• 5.0.3.37
• 5.0.3.38
• 5.0.3.39
• 5.0.3.40
• 5.0.3.41
• 5.0.3.42
• 5.0.3.43
• 5.0.3.44
• 5.0.3.45
• 5.0.3.46
• 5.0.3.47
• 5.0.3.48
• 5.0.3.49
• 5.0.3.50
• 5.0.3.51
• 5.0.3.52
• 5.0.3.53
• 5.0.3.54
• 5.0.3.55
• 5.0.3.56
• 5.0.3.57
• 5.0.3.58
• 5.0.3.59
• 5.0.3.60
• 5.0.3.61
• 5.0.3.62
• 5.0.3.63
• 5.0.3.64
• 5.0.3.65
• 5.0.3.66
• 5.0.3.67
• 5.0.3.68
• 5.0.3.69
• 5.0.3.70
• 5.0.3.71
• 5.0.3.72
• 5.0.3.73
• 5.0.3.74
• 5.0.3.75
• 5.0.3.76
• 5.0.3.77
• 5.0.3.78
• 5.0.3.79
• 5.0.3.80
• 5.0.3.81
• 5.0.3.82
• 5.0.3.83
• 5.0.3.84
• 5.0.3.85
• 5.0.3.86
• 5.0.3.87
• 5.0.3.88
• 5.0.3.89
• 5.0.3.90
• 5.0.3.91
• 5.0.3.92
• 5.0.3.93
• 5.0.3.94
• 5.0.3.95
• 5.0.3.96
• 5.0.3.97
• 5.0.3.98
• 5.0.3.99

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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