Huawei P2 hx170dec Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

  • Published: 5 Nov 2014
  • Type: Local Root Privilege Escalation on Huawei P2
  • Severity: High

Affected Products

Hx170dec device

CVE

CVE-2014-2273

MWR have discovered a vulnerability in one of the kernel drivers shipped with the Huawei P2 mobile phone. This vulnerability allows any application on the phone to gain root privileges by making a specially crafted request to a block device that is accessible to any user.

The advisory can be downloaded here.