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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17279

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.79%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker bypass the authentication, the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.79% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
huawei/mate 9 pro firmware
Source
psirt@huawei.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.