CVE-2017-8216
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 · uneditedWarsaw Huawei Smart phones with software of versions earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B180, versions earlier than Warsaw-TL10C01B180 have a permission control vulnerability. Due to improper authorization on specific processes, an attacker with the root privilege of a mobile Android system can exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information of the user.
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 · high confidenceThis is a permission control vulnerability in Warsaw Huawei smartphone software versions prior to Warsaw-AL00C00B180 and Warsaw-TL10C01B180. The flaw allows a root-privileged Android attacker to bypass proper authorization checks on specific processes, enabling unauthorized access to certain user information.
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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< warsaw-al00c00b180< warsaw-tl10c01b180CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Identify device modelCheck if the device is a Huawei P10 Lite by going to Settings > About Phone > Model Number, or use the command 'getprop ro.product.model' via ADBAffected if Device is not a Huawei P10 Lite (not affected)
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Check Warsaw-AL00 variant versionFor Warsaw-AL00 variants, go to Settings > About Phone > Software version, or use 'getprop ro.build.version.incremental' via ADB to find the firmware build numberAffected if Version is present and less than AL00C00B180 (vulnerable)
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Check Warsaw-TL10 variant versionFor Warsaw-TL10 variants, go to Settings > About Phone > Software version, or use 'getprop ro.build.version.incremental' via ADB to find the firmware build numberAffected if Version is present and less than TL10C01B180 (vulnerable)
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Verify build number formatConfirm the build number follows the pattern warsaw-al00c00bxxx or warsaw-tl10c01bxxx where xxx is a three-digit build suffixAffected if Build number exists but does not match the protected version pattern (vulnerable)
User is affected if they have a Huawei P10 Lite running Warsaw-AL00 firmware before version B180 or Warsaw-TL10 firmware before version B180.
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 affected devices to software versions Warsaw-AL00C00B180 or later for Warsaw-AL00 variants, and Warsaw-TL10C01B180 or later for Warsaw-TL10 variants to remediate the improper authorization vulnerability.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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