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CVE-2017-2705

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.4 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: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Huawei P9 smartphones with software versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B365, versions earlier before EVA-AL00C00B365, versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B365, versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B365, versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B365 have a phone activation bypass vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass phone activation to settings page of the phone.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei P9: before eva-al00c00b365; before eva-al10c00b365; before eva-cl00c92b365; before eva-dl00c17b365; before eva-tl00c01b365 — fixed in eva-al00c00b365, eva-al10c00b365, eva-cl00c92b365, eva-dl00c17b365, eva-tl00c01b365

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei P9 eva-al00c00b365, eva-al10c00b365, eva-cl00c92b365, eva-dl00c17b365. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95661
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95661

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