CVE-2017-2733 Information disclosure in Honor 6X
A malicious app can read the SIM card PIN ciphertext due to improper file permissions on Honor 6X devices.
- 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-2017-2733?
CVE-2017-2733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X, 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
Honor 6X smartphones with software versions earlier than BLN-AL10C00B357 and versions earlier than BLN-AL20C00B357 have an information leak vulnerability due to improper file permission configuration. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can get the file that keep the cipher text of the SIM card PIN.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2733?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Honor 6x Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2733?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-2733 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2733 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mw53-3g7g-86j9.