# CVE-2017-8171: Security feature bypass in Vicky-AL00A

> Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection on Huawei smartphones by exploiting Talkback mode to skip Google account verification.

- **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:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w79h-25vh-6g7c

## What is CVE-2017-8171?

CVE-2017-8171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A, 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

Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D 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 login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to bypass the Google account verification. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8171?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei P10 Plus Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8171?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8171 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A

- [CVE-2017-8141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8141/): Use after free in P10 Plus (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-1872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1872/): Security feature bypass in HUAWEI P10 Plus (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8171 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A, 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-2017-8171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A. 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-2017-8171/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8171/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8171
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8171
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8171

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8171/
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