Security Advisory - Activation Lock Bypass Vulnerability on Smartphones

There is an activation lock bypass vulnerability on Smartphones. The smartphone is supposed to be activated by the former account after reset if find my phone function is on. The software does not have a sufficient protection of activation lock. Successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the activation lock and activate the smartphone by a new account after a series of operation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-11087)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17326.

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-20171227-01-smartphone-en