CVE-2017-8171 Information

Description

Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D versions have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to bypass the Google account verification. As a result the FRP function is bypassed.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-frpbypass-en

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.6