CVE-2017-10709

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.

Affected products

Android: 6.0

References

https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/6kajkc/elephone_p9000_lock_screen_lockout_bypass_with/
https://www.security.nl/posting/522081/Schermvergrendeling+Elephone+P9000+door+lek+te+omzeilen
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-011/?fid=9707
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Elephone-P9000-Lock-Screen-Lockout-Bypass/?page=1&year=0&month=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyzonP2eZw
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/6kajkc/elephone_p9000_lock_screen_lockout_bypass_with/
https://www.security.nl/posting/522081/Schermvergrendeling+Elephone+P9000+door+lek+te+omzeilen
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-011/?fid=9707
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Elephone-P9000-Lock-Screen-Lockout-Bypass/?page=1&year=0&month=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyzonP2eZw

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