How severe is CVE-2017-2721?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-2721?

This is classified as CWE-287, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2017-2721 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 4.6

Vulnerability Description

Some Huawei smart phones with software Berlin-L21C10B130,Berlin-L21C185B133,Berlin-L21HNC10B131,Berlin-L21HNC185B140,Berlin-L21HNC432B151,Berlin-L22C636B160,Berlin-L22HNC636B130,Berlin-L22HNC675B150CUSTC675D001,Berlin-L23C605B131,Berlin-L24HNC567B110,FRD-L02C432B120,FRD-L02C635B130,FRD-L02C675B170CUSTC675D001,FRD-L04C567B162,FRD-L04C605B131,FRD-L09C10B130,FRD-L09C185B130,FRD-L09C432B131,FRD-L09C636B130,FRD-L14C567B162,FRD-L19C10B130,FRD-L19C432B131,FRD-L19C636B130 have a factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the configuration flow by Swype Keyboard and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

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