Huawei Smart Phone APK Parameter input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smart Phone and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component APK Handler. The manipulation as part of Parameter results in input validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-17171. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Huawei Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component APK Handler. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Some Huawei smart phones have the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the improper processing of malicious parameters. An attacker may trick a target user into installing a malicious APK and launch attacks using a pre-installed app with specific permissions. Successful exploit could allow the app to send specific parameters to the smart phone driver, which will result in system restart.

The bug was discovered 05/30/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/01/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-17171 since 12/04/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/19/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Huawei

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• Smart Phone

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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