CVE-2017-8171

4.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
McAfee
Status
Vicky-al00a
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

Summary

Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D 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 Talkback mode and can perform some operations to bypass the Google account verification. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

Affected Version(s)

Vicky-AL00A Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D versions

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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