CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2707

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Push module. An attacker can trick a user into saving rich media in a message, which could be exploited to allow the attacker to delete messages or impersonate the user to send messages.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized deletion of messages or sending of fake messages, posing a risk to the privacy and integrity of user communications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mate 9 smartphones to the latest software version to mitigate this vulnerability and to educate users about potential threats related to opening unknown media.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS