CVE-2017-2721: huawei technologies co., ltd. berlin-l21,berlin-l21hn,berlin-l22,berlin-l22hn,berlin-l23,berlin-l24hn,frd-l02,frd-l04,frd-l09,frd-l14,frd-l19, Improper Authentication

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-2721 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Improper Authentication vulnerability in huawei technologies co., ltd. berlin-l21,berlin-l21hn,berlin-l22,berlin-l22hn,berlin-l23,berlin-l24hn,frd-l02,frd-l04,frd-l09,frd-l14,frd-l19,. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-11-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Some Huawei smart phones with software Berlin-L21C10B130,Berlin-L21C185B133,Berlin-L21HNC10B131,Berlin-L21HNC185B140,Berlin-L21HNC432B151,Berlin-L22C636B160,Berlin-L22HNC636B130,Berlin-L22HNC675B150CUSTC675D001,Berlin-L23C605B131,Berlin-L24HNC567B110,FRD-L02C432B120,FRD-L02C635B130,FRD-L02C675B170CUSTC675D001,FRD-L04C567B162,FRD-L04C605B131,FRD-L09C10B130,FRD-L09C185B130,FRD-L09C432B131,FRD-L09C636B130,FRD-L14C567B162,FRD-L19C10B130,FRD-L19C432B131,FRD-L19C636B130 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 Swype Keyboard and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.