What is CVE-2017-8173?

CVE-2017-8173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02

CVE-2017-8173

Maya-L02,VKY-L09,VTR-L29,Vicky-AL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Warsaw-AL00 smart phones with software of earlier than Maya-L02C636B126 versions,earlier than VKY-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than VTR-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B162 versions,earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B167 versions,earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B200 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 configuration flow by some secret code and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8173?: CVE-2017-8173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.