Medium severity · published Nov 22, 2017
CVE-2017-8151
Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components
6.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components. An attacker can get a user's smart phone and install malicious apps in the mobile phone, allowing the attacker to reset the password and fingerprint of the phone without authentication.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
H5
Honor 5S · Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
The versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 · source: vendor
H5
Honor 5s Firmware · Huawei
before tag-tl00c01b173 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8151
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170816-03-smartphone-en
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