CVE-2017-17279 Information

Description

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker bypass the authentication the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180307-01-smartphone-en http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103360

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5