Huawei Honor 8 access control

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Huawei Honor 8, Honor V8, Honor 9, Honor V9, Nova 2, Nova 2 Plus, P9, P10 Plus and Toronto. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-8215. An attack on the physical device is feasible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Honor 8, Honor V8, Honor 9, Honor V9, Nova 2, Nova 2 Plus, P9, P10 Plus and Toronto (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Honor 8,Honor V8,Honor 9,Honor V9,Nova 2,Nova 2 Plus,P9,P10 Plus,Toronto Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than FRD-AL00C00B391, versions earlier than FRD-DL00C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL20C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-UL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-TL10C00B391, versions earlier than Stanford-AL00C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-TL00C01B175, versions earlier than Duke-AL20C00B191, versions earlier than Duke-TL30C01B191, versions earlier than Picasso-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Picasso-TL00C01B162 , versions earlier than Barca-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Barca-TL00C00B162, versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B396SP03, versions earlier than EVA-CL00C92B396, versions earlier than EVA-DL00C17B396, versions earlier than EVA-TL00C01B396 , versions earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172, versions earlier than Toronto-AL00AC00B191, versions earlier than Toronto-TL10C01B191 have a permission control vulnerability. An attacker with the system privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

The bug was discovered 09/08/2017. The weakness was published 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-8215 since 04/25/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 75 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Huawei

Name

• Honor 8
• Honor 9
• Honor V8
• Honor V9
• Nova 2
• Nova 2 Plus
• P9
• P10 Plus
• Toronto

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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