What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-2699

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Huawei Themes APP in versions earlier than PLK-UL00C17B385, versions earlier than CRR-L09C432B380, versions earlier than LYO-L21C577B128 has a privilege elevation vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload theme packs containing malicious files and trick users into installing the theme packets, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor 7 Firmware: before plk-ul00c17b385 — fixed in plk-ul00c17b385
• Huawei Lyo-L21 Firmware: before lyo-l21c577b128 — fixed in lyo-l21c577b128
• Huawei Mate S Firmware: before crr-l09c432b380 — fixed in crr-l09c432b380

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Honor 7 Firmware plk-ul00c17b385; Huawei Lyo-L21 Firmware lyo-l21c577b128; Huawei Mate S Firmware crr-l09c432b380. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170222-01-theme-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96424
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170222-01-theme-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96424

Get alerted when CVE-2017-2699 or the next vulnerability affects your stack