CVE-2017-8161 Security feature bypass in EVA-L09
Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection on Huawei smartphones by manipulating the Swype application during reconfiguration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8161?
CVE-2017-8161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. EVA-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
EVA-L09 smartphones with software Earlier than EVA-L09C25B150CUSTC25D003 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C440B140 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C464B361 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C675B320CUSTC675D004 versions have Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Swype and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Eva-L09.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8161?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8161 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-8161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cf3m-48hf-6297.