Auth bypass in Elephone P9000

CVE-2017-10709

The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10709?
CVE-2017-10709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elephone P9000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-10709?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.