# CVE-2017-2710: Security feature bypass in Beethoven-W09A, CRR-L09

> Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection on Huawei devices to update the Google account, circumventing theft prevention measures.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p442-pxcc-px5g

## What is CVE-2017-2710?

CVE-2017-2710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Beethoven-W09A, CRR-L09, published on 22 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BTV-W09C229B002CUSTC229D005,BTV-W09C233B029, earlier than BTV-W09C100B006CUSTC100D002 versions, earlier than BTV-W09C128B003CUSTC128D002 versions, earlier than BTV-W09C199B002CUSTC199D002 versions, earlier than BTV-W09C209B005CUSTC209D001 versions, earlier than BTV-W09C331B002CUSTC331D001 versions, earlier than CRR-L09C432B390 versions, earlier than CRR-L09C605B355CUSTC605D003 versions have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2710?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Huawei Beethoven-W09a Firmware, Huawei Crr-L09 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2710?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2710 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-2710 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2710 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Beethoven-W09A, CRR-L09, published on 22 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Beethoven-W09A, CRR-L09. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2710/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2710/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2710
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2710
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2710

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