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FKIE_CVE-2017-17172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-14 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:10
Summary
Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 with software LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 have a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can crafts malformed packets after tricking a user to install a malicious application and exploit this vulnerability when in the exception handling process. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege of the smart phones.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
huawei lyo-l21 *
huawei lyo-l21_firmware lyo-l21c479b107
huawei lyo-l21_firmware lyo-l21c577b126

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          "product": "LYO-L21",
          "vendor": "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "psirt@huawei.com"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 with software LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 have a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can crafts malformed packets after tricking a user to install a malicious application and exploit this vulnerability when in the exception handling process. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege of the smart phones."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Los smartphones Huawei LYO-L21 con software en versiones LYO-L21C479B107 y LYO-L21C479B107 tienen una vulnerabilidad de escalado de privilegios. Un atacante local autenticado puede manipular paquetes mal formados tras enga\u00f1ar a un usuario para que instale una aplicaci\u00f3n maliciosa y explotar esta vulnerabilidad mientras se est\u00e1 en el proceso de gesti\u00f3n de excepciones. La explotaci\u00f3n exitosa de esta vulnerabilidad podr\u00eda provocar que el atacante obtenga privilegios mayores en el smartphone."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2017-17172",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:10:29.970",
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  "published": "2018-06-14T14:29:00.213",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-755"
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}



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