VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-2691

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Published 2017-11-22 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Huawei P9 versions earlier before EVA-AL10C00B373, versions earlier before EVA-CL00C92B373, versions earlier before EVA-DL00C17B373, versions earlier before EVA-TL00C01B373 have a lock-screen bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could force the phone to the fastboot mode and delete the user's password file during the reboot process, then login the phone without screen lock password after reboot.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-01-smartphone-en

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.