CVE-2017-15351
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe 'Find Phone' function in Huawei Honor V9 play smart phones with versions earlier than Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 has an authentication bypass vulnerability. Due to improper authentication realization in the 'Find Phone' function. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass the 'Find Phone' function in order to use the phone normally.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Huawei Honor V9 play smartphone has an authentication bypass vulnerability in its 'Find Phone' function. Due to improper authentication implementation, an attacker can bypass this security feature and use the phone normally without proper authorization.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= jimmy-al00ac00b135CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm device model is Honor V9 PlayGo to Settings > About Phone > Model Number, or check the device label on the phone back cover. The model should be identified as Huawei Honor V9 Play (codename jimmy).Affected if The device is not a Huawei Honor V9 Play, this CVE does not apply.
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Check installed firmware versionNavigate to Settings > About Phone > Version. Look for the build number or firmware version string (such as jimmy-al00ac00b135 or similar).Affected if The firmware version equals jimmy-al00ac00b135 or is an earlier build of the same base (jimmy-al00xxx).
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Verify Find Phone feature is enabledGo to Settings > Security > Find Phone (or Settings > Cloud > Find Phone, depending on EMUI version). Check if the feature toggle is turned ON.Affected if The Find Phone function must be enabled for the authentication bypass to be exploitable; if disabled, the attack surface does not exist.
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Confirm firmware is below patched versionCompare your installed version number to jimmy-al00ac00b135. If your version string is lower alphabetically (earlier build), or exactly jimmy-al00ac00b135, the device is vulnerable.Affected if Your installed firmware version is jimmy-al00ac00b135 or earlier, and Find Phone is enabled.
A user is affected if they have a Huawei Honor V9 Play with firmware version jimmy-al00ac00b135 or earlier, with the Find Phone feature enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the device firmware to version Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 or later to patch the authentication bypass vulnerability in the 'Find Phone' function.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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