CVE-2017-2707 Privilege escalation in Mate 9
An attacker can escalate privileges to delete messages or send messages as the user on Huawei Mate 9 devices via the Push module.
- 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-2017-2707?
CVE-2017-2707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9, 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
Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in Push module. An attacker tricks a user to save a rich media into message on the smart phone, which could be exploited to cause the attacker to delete message or fake user to send message.
Weakness: CWE-494
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2707?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate 9 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2707?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-2707 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xc6-v3h5-gr99.