CVE-2017-2691

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-2691
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhuawei
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-22 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionHuawei P9 versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B373, versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B373, versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B373, versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B373 have a lock-screen bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could force the phone to the fastboot mode and delete the user's password file during the reboot process, then login the phone without screen lock password after reboot.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Lock-screen Bypass

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Huawei P9 - All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Huawei P9 affected Versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B373, Versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B373, Versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B373, Versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B373, Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory - Lock-screen Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphones af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.huawei.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Huawei Smart Phones CVE-2017-2691 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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