What is CVE-2017-8216?

CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P10 Lite, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei P10 Lite

CVE-2017-8216

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei P10_lite
Huawei P10_lite_firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Warsaw — versions Versions earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B180, Versions earlier than Warsaw-TL10C01B180

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@huawei.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8216?: CVE-2017-8216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P10 Lite, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.