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CVE-2017-17279

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\) — fixed in lon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro lon-al00b_8.0.0.343\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180307-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103360
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180307-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103360

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