Huawei HiWallet App with the versions before 8.0.4 has an arbitrary lock pattern change…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 HiWallet App with the versions before 8.0.4 has an arbitrary lock pattern change vulnerability. It needs to verify the user's Huawei ID during lock pattern change. An attacker with root privilege who gets a user's smart phone may bypass Huawei ID verification by special operation. Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to change the lock pattern of HiWallet.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-17149
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fvm-8w45-c4j7
References
More Huawei Hiwallet vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-01946 Information disclosure in Huawei… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-05752 Improper signature verification in Huawei HiWallet CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2017-17149 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-17149 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8fvm-8w45-c4j7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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