Medium severity · published Oct 17, 2018
CVE-2017-17176
The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions…
6.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-TL00BC00B156 has a arbitrary memory read/write vulnerability due to the input parameters validation. An attacker with the root privilege of the Android system could exploit this vulnerability to read and write memory data anywhere or execute arbitrary code in the TrustZone.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M9
Mate 9 Firmware · Huawei
before mha-al00bc00b156; before mha-cl00bc00b156; before mha-dl00bc00b156; before mha-tl00bc00b156 · source: NVD
M9
Mate 9 Pro Firmware · Huawei
before lon-al00bc00b156; before lon-cl00bc00b156; before lon-dl00bc00b156; before lon-tl00bc00b156 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17176
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17176
Vendor Advisory
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170306-01-smartphone-en
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