CVE-2017-2699 describes a privilege elevation vulnerability in the Huawei Themes application affecting specific versions of Huawei Honor 7, Mate S, and LYO-L21 devices. An attacker could exploit this by tricking users into installing malicious theme packs, leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is rated as high severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its low attack complexity and significant potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< plk-ul00c17b385CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_7_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< crr-l09c432b380CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< lyo-l21c577b128CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:lyo-l21_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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