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Mate 9 Firmware CVE-2017-2707

HIGH
Download of Code Without Integrity Check (CWE-494)
2017-11-22 psirt@huawei.com
7.1
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Code integrity verification
Impact

CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in Push module. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-494. Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in Push module. An attacker tricks a user to save a rich media into message on the smart phone, which could be exploited to cause the attacker to delete message or fake user to send message. Affected products include: Huawei Mate 9 Firmware.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in Push module. An attacker tricks a user to save a rich media into message on the smart phone, which could be exploited to cause the attacker to delete message or fake user to send message.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 89% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2017-8142 HIGH
7.8 Nov 22

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) module driver of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software versions earli

CVE-2017-15316 HIGH
7.8 Dec 22

The GPU driver of Mate 9 Huawei smart phones with software before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart p

CVE-2017-2716 HIGH
7.8 Nov 22

The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high sever

CVE-2017-2706 HIGH
7.1 Nov 22

Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a directory traversal vulnerability in Push module. Rated high se

CVE-2017-2703 MEDIUM
6.8 Nov 22

Phone Finder in versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156,Versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156,Versions earlier befor

CVE-2017-2702 MEDIUM
6.8 Nov 22

Phone Finder in versions earlier before MHA-AL00C00B170 can be bypass. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerabil

CVE-2018-7940 MEDIUM
6.2 May 10

Huawei smart phones Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro with earlier versions than 8.0.0.129(SP2C00) and earlier versions than 8.0.0

CVE-2018-7930 MEDIUM
5.7 Apr 11

The Near Field Communication (NFC) module in Mate 9 Huawei mobile phones with the versions before MHA-L29B 8.0.0.366(C56

CVE-2017-8144 MEDIUM
5.5 Nov 22

Honor 5A,Honor 8 Lite,Mate9,Mate9 Pro,P10,P10 Plus Huawei smartphones with software the versions before CAM-L03C605B143C

CVE-2018-7992 MEDIUM
5.5 Jul 31

Mdapt Driver of Huawei MediaPad M3 BTV-W09C128B353CUSTC128D001; Mate 9 Pro versions earlier than 8.0.0.356(C00); P10 Plu

CVE-2019-5264 MEDIUM
4.6 Dec 13

There is an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei smartphones (Mate 10;Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Changxiang

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