CVE-2017-8152

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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
Weakness: CWE-358

Description

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability due to the improper design. An attacker can access factory reset page without authorization by only dial with special code. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to restore the phone to factory settings.

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-20170901-02-smartphone-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170901-02-smartphone-en

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