CVE-2017-2692 Command injection in P8 Lite,Mate 7,Mate S,P8,honor 6,honor 7,SHOTX,G8,

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit a command injection flaw in the Huawei Keyguard application to execute arbitrary commands and escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-2692?

CVE-2017-2692 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P8 Lite,Mate 7,Mate S,P8,honor 6,honor 7,SHOTX,G8,, published on 22 Nov 2017. 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

The Keyguard application in ALE-L02C635B140 and earlier versions,ALE-L02C636B140 and earlier versions,ALE-L21C10B150 and earlier versions,ALE-L21C185B200 and earlier versions,ALE-L21C432B214 and earlier versions,ALE-L21C464B150 and earlier versions,ALE-L21C636B200 and earlier versions,ALE-L23C605B190 and earlier versions,ALE-TL00C01B250 and earlier versions,ALE-UL00C00B250 and earlier versions,MT7-L09C605B325 and earlier versions,MT7-L09C900B339 and earlier versions,MT7-TL10C900B339 and earlier versions,CRR-CL00C92B172 and earlier versions,CRR-L09C432B180 and earlier versions,CRR-TL00C01B172 and earlier versions,CRR-UL00C00B172 and earlier versions,CRR-UL20C432B171 and earlier versions,GRA-CL00C92B230 and earlier versions,GRA-L09C432B222 and earlier versions,GRA-TL00C01B230SP01 and earlier versions,GRA-UL00C00B230 and earlier versions,GRA-UL00C10B201 and earlier versions,GRA-UL00C432B220 and earlier versions,H60-L04C10B523 and earlier versions,H60-L04C185B523 and earlier versions,H60-L04C636B527 and earlier versions,H60-L04C900B530 and earlier versions,PLK-AL10C00B220 and earlier versions,PLK-AL10C92B220 and earlier versions,PLK-CL00C92B220 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C10B140 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C185B130 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C432B187 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C432B190 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C432B190 and earlier versions,PLK-L01C636B130 and earlier versions,PLK-TL00C01B220 and earlier versions,PLK-TL01HC01B220 and earlier versions,PLK-UL00C17B220 and earlier versions,ATH-AL00C00B210 and earlier versions,ATH-AL00C92B200 and earlier versions,ATH-CL00C92B210 and earlier versions,ATH-TL00C01B210 and earlier versions,ATH-TL00HC01B210 and earlier versions,ATH-UL00C00B210 and earlier versions,RIO-AL00C00B220 and earlier versions,RIO-CL00C92B220 and earlier versions,RIO-TL00C01B220 and earlier versions,RIO-UL00C00B220 and earlier versions have a privilege elevation vulnerability. An attacker may exploit it to launch command injection in order to gain elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2692?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Huawei G8 Firmware, Huawei Honor 6 Firmware, Huawei Honor 7 Firmware, Huawei Mate 7 Firmware, Huawei Mate S Firmware, Huawei P8 Firmware and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2692 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-2692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4fhx-2p3m-rp8w.

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