VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-2723

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Published 2017-11-22 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
6.7

Description

The Files APP 7.1.1.308 and earlier versions in some Huawei mobile phones has a vulnerability of plaintext storage of users' Safe passwords. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system could forge the Safe to read users' plaintext Safe passwords, leading to information leak.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
66%
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-20170419-01-files-en

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
huaweifiles{"endIncluding":"7.1.1.308"}

References

CWEs

CWE-312

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