4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-8173
Huawei Smartphones FRP Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Maya-L02,VKY-L09,VTR-L29,Vicky-AL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Warsaw-AL00 smart phones with software of earlier than Maya-L02C636B126 versions,earlier than VKY-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than VTR-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B162 versions,earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B167 versions,earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B200 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 configuration flow by some secret code and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 22, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8173 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei vicky-al00a_firmware
2 Huawei victoria-al00a_firmware
3 Huawei maya-l02_firmware
4 Huawei vky-l09_firmware
5 Huawei vky-l29_firmware
6 Huawei warsaw-al00_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-8173.

URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170715-01-frpbypass-en Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-8173 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8173 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170715-01-frpbypass-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170715-01-frpbypass-en Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:maya-l02_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) maya-l02c636b126 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:maya-l02:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vky-l09_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vky-l29c10b151 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:vky-l09:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vky-l29_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vtr-l29c10b151 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:vky-l29:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vicky-al00a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vicky-al00ac00b162 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:vicky-al00a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:victoria-al00a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) victoria-al00ac00b167 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:victoria-al00a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:warsaw-al00_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) warsaw-al00c00b200 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:warsaw-al00:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-8173 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-8173 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.01%

score

0.30161

percentile

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