5.5

CVE-2017-17279: huawei technologies co., ltd. mate 9 pro

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
Published 09-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17279 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in huawei technologies co., ltd. mate 9 pro. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.79%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker bypass the authentication, the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.79% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.79%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Huawei1 product
Huawei technologies co., ltd.1 product
  • mate 9 proThe versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links