VDB-114065 · CVE-2017-17139 · sa-20171213-04

Huawei Mate 9/Mate 9 Pro up to 8.0.0 Date Service Proxy Application Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro up to 8.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Date Service Proxy. The manipulation as part of Application leads to information disclosure (Kernel). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-17139. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro up to 8.0.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Date Service Proxy. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Kernel). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 pro smart phones with software the versions before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00); the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) have a information leak vulnerability in the date service proxy implementation. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and application can exploit the vulnerability to get kernel date which may cause sensitive information leak.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2017. The weakness was published 03/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17139 since 12/04/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 82 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) or LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

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Version

License

commercial

Website

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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Kernel
Class: Information disclosure / Kernel
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mate 9/Mate 9 Pro MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00)/LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00)

Timelineinfo

12/04/2017 🔍
12/13/2017 +9 days 🔍
03/05/2018 +82 days 🔍
03/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/16/2023 +1808 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171213-04
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-17139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114065

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2018 07:55
Updated: 02/16/2023 20:15
Changes: 03/06/2018 07:55 (61), 01/10/2020 13:19 (2), 02/16/2023 20:15 (4)
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