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CVE-2017-2733

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% 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-200

Description

Honor 6X smartphones with software versions earlier than BLN-AL10C00B357 and versions earlier than BLN-AL20C00B357 have an information leak vulnerability due to improper file permission configuration. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can get the file that keep the cipher text of the SIM card PIN.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X: before bln-al10c00b357; before bln-al20c00b357 — fixed in bln-al10c00b357, bln-al20c00b357

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X bln-al10c00b357, bln-al20c00b357. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170405-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97700
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170405-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97700

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