Medium severity · published Nov 22, 2017
CVE-2017-8214
Honor 8,Honor V8,Honor 9,Honor V9,Nova 2,Nova 2 Plus,P9,P10 Plus,Toronto Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than FRD-AL00C00B391, versions earlier than…
6.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Honor 8,Honor V8,Honor 9,Honor V9,Nova 2,Nova 2 Plus,P9,P10 Plus,Toronto Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than FRD-AL00C00B391, versions earlier than FRD-DL00C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL20C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-UL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-TL10C00B391, versions earlier than Stanford-AL00C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-TL00C01B175, versions earlier than Duke-AL20C00B191, versions earlier than Duke-TL30C01B191, versions earlier than Picasso-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Picasso-TL00C01B162 , versions earlier than Barca-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Barca-TL00C00B162, versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B396SP03, versions earlier than EVA-CL00C92B396, versions earlier than EVA-DL00C17B396, versions earlier than EVA-TL00C01B396 , versions earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172, versions earlier than Toronto-AL00AC00B191, versions earlier than Toronto-TL10C01B191 have an unlock code verification bypassing vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
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 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
H8
Honor 8 Firmware · Huawei
before frd-al00c00b391; before frd-dl00c00b391 · source: NVD
H9
Honor 9 Firmware · Huawei
before stanford-al00c00b175; before stanford-al10c00b175; before stanford-tl00c01b175 · source: NVD
HV
Honor V8 Firmware · Huawei
before knt-al10c00b391; before knt-al20c00b391; before knt-ul10c00b391; before knt-tl10c00b391 · source: NVD
HV
Honor V9 Firmware · Huawei
before duke-al20c00b191; before duke-tl30c01b191 · source: NVD
N2
Nova 2 Firmware · Huawei
before picasso-al00c00b162; before picasso-tl00c01b162 · source: NVD
N2
Nova 2 Plus Firmware · Huawei
before barca-al00c00b162; before barca-tl00c00b162 · source: NVD
PP
P10 Plus Firmware · Huawei
before vicky-al00ac00b172 · source: NVD
PF
P9 Firmware · Huawei
before eva-al10c00b396sp03; before eva-cl00c92b396; before eva-dl00c17b396; before eva-tl00c01b396 · source: NVD
TF
Toronto Firmware · Huawei
before toronto-al00ac00b191; before toronto-tl10c01b191 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8214
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8214
Issue Tracking
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170807-01-smartphone-en
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