What is CVE-2017-17149?

CVE-2017-17149 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2018-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-17149?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet

CVE-2017-17149

Huawei HiWallet App with the versions before 8.0.4 has an arbitrary lock pattern change vulnerability. It needs to verify the user's Huawei ID during lock pattern change. An attacker with root privilege who gets a user's smart phone may bypass Huawei ID verification by special operation. Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to change the lock pattern of HiWallet.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei Hiwallet
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Hiwallet App — versions The versions before 8.0.4

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17149?: CVE-2017-17149 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2018-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-17149?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.