CVE-2017-17172 Privilege escalation in LYO-L21
An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges on Huawei smartphones by exploiting a flaw in exception handling via malformed packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17172?
CVE-2017-17172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. LYO-L21, published on 14 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 with software LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 have a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can crafts malformed packets after tricking a user to install a malicious application and exploit this vulnerability when in the exception handling process. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege of the smart phones.
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17172?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Lyo-L21.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-17172 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17172 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-77mv-hm7r-pr35.