Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in Huawei Vicky-AL00A
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D versions have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to bypass the Google account verification. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | Vicky-AL00A | Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Vicky-AL00A VendorHuawei Affected Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172D versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8171
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w79h-25vh-6g7c
References
More Huawei P10 Plus Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-01968 Memory corruption in Huawei P10 Plus,P10 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2017-01966 Memory corruption in Huawei P10 Plus,P10 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2017-01967 Memory corruption in Huawei P10 Plus,P10 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-05725 Memory corruption in Huawei P10, P10 Plus CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-05716 Double free in Huawei P10 Plus CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-05790 Honor 8,Honor V8,Honor 9,Honor V9,Nova 2,Nova 2 Plus,P9,P10 Plus,Toronto Huawei smart… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2017-8171 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-8171 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w79h-25vh-6g7c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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