# CVE-2017-8216: Missing authorization in Warsaw

> An attacker with root privileges can exploit improper authorization to access user information on Huawei Warsaw smartphones.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wp7-jr3v-6jg3

## What is CVE-2017-8216?

CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Warsaw, 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

Warsaw Huawei Smart phones with software of versions earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B180, versions earlier than Warsaw-TL10C01B180 have a permission control vulnerability. Due to improper authorization on specific processes, an attacker with the root privilege of a mobile Android system can exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information of the user.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8216?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei P10 Lite Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Warsaw, 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Warsaw. 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-2017-8216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8216/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8216

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