Security Advisory - Permission Control Vulnerability in Smart Phones

Some Huawei Smart phones have a permission control vulnerability. Due to improper authorization configuration on specific device information, an attacker with the root privilege can exploit this vulnerability to modify specific device information. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-08157)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15307.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171027-01-smartphone-en