CVE-2017-8151

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% 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-287

Description

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components. An attacker can get a user's smart phone and install malicious apps in the mobile phone, allowing the attacker to reset the password and fingerprint of the phone without authentication.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 5S: before tag-tl00c01b173 — fixed in tag-tl00c01b173

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 5S tag-tl00c01b173. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170816-03-smartphone-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170816-03-smartphone-en

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