CVE-2017-10709 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2017-10709?

CVE-2017-10709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 30 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10709?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-10709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-955g-wpj8-g9rc.