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Permission Issues

CVE-2017-8153

High
7.1/10

Summary

Huawei VMall (for Android) with the versions before 1.5.8.5 have a privilege elevation vulnerability due to improper design. An attacker can trick users into installing a malicious app which can send out HTTP requests and execute JavaScript code in web pages without obtaining the Internet access permission. Successful exploit could lead to resource occupation or information leak.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-275 - Permission Issues

Weaknesses in this category are related to improper assignment or handling of permissions.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published