PT-2018-6428 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2018-06-01 · Updated 2018-07-27 · CVE-2017-17171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei smart phones (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to the improper processing of malicious parameters, which can lead to a denial of service (DoS). An attacker may trick a target user into installing a malicious APK and launch attacks using a pre-installed app with specific permissions. Successful exploitation could allow the app to send specific parameters to the smart phone driver, resulting in a system restart.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17171

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17171 · Security Note
• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone · Vendor Advisory
• https://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17171 · Vendor Advisory