CVE-2017-17149

Severity: low (CVSS 3.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Huawei HiWallet App with the versions before 8.0.4 has an arbitrary lock pattern change vulnerability. It needs to verify the user's Huawei ID during lock pattern change. An attacker with root privilege who gets a user's smart phone may bypass Huawei ID verification by special operation. Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to change the lock pattern of HiWallet.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HiWallet: before 8.0.4 — fixed in 8.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HiWallet 8.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171220-01-hiwallet-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171220-01-hiwallet-en

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