Is CVE-2017-17279 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-17279 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-17279?

CVE-2017-17279 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-17279?

CVE-2017-17279 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17279?

Upgrade mate 9 pro firmware to lon-al00b_8.0.0.343(c00) or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-17279

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The soundtrigger module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software of the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.343(C00) has an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of the module. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker bypass the authentication, the attacker can control the phone to sent short messages and make call within audio range to the phone.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mate 9 pro firmwareNVD

Affected:< lon-al00b_8.0.0.343(c00)Fixed in:lon-al00b_8.0.0.343(c00)CVE-2017-17279derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

huawei.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.