Security Bypass Vulnerability in Multiple Samsung Phones

Samsung SM-G920F Galaxy S6 and others are smartphones released by the South Korean company Samsung Samsung. A security bypass vulnerability exists in several Samsung phones. An attacker can use the vulnerability to make a call, send a text message or issue a command...

Dutch Police Seize Another Company that Sells PGP-Encrypted Blackberry Phones

The Dutch police arrested four suspects on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and involvement in selling custom encrypted BlackBerry and Android smartphones to criminals. The Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit NHTCU, dedicated team within the Dutch National Police Agency aims to investigat...

Security Advisory - Brute-force attack of Users' Safe Password in the Files APP in Huawei Mobile Phones

The Files APP in some Huawei mobile phones has a brute-force password cracking vulnerability due to the improper design of the Safe key database. An unauthorized attacker could access sensitive database information and may crack users' Safe passwords, leading to information leak. Vulnerability ID...

CVE-2016-1518

The auto-provisioning mechanism in the Grandstream Wave app 1.0.1.26 and earlier for Android and Grandstream Video IP phones allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof provisioning data and consequently modify device functionality, obtain sensitive information from system logs, and have...

CVE-2016-1518

CVE-2016-1518 affects the Grandstream Wave app (Android, versions up to 1.0.1.26 and earlier) and Grandstream Video IP phones. The root cause is failure to use HTTPS when downloading provisioning/configuration data from http://fm.grandstream.com/gs/, enabling a man-in-the-middle to spoof provisio...

CVE-2016-1518

The auto-provisioning mechanism in the Grandstream Wave app 1.0.1.26 and earlier for Android and Grandstream Video IP phones allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof provisioning data and consequently modify device functionality, obtain sensitive information from system logs, and have...

Security Advisory - Plaintext Storage of Users’ Safe Passwords in the Files APP in Huawei Mobile Phones

The Files APP in some Huawei mobile phones has a vulnerability of plaintext storage of users' Safe passwords. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system could forge the Safe to read users' plaintext Safe passwords, leading to information leak. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-03222 Th...

Security Advisory - Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Bastet of Huawei Smart Phone

The Bastet of some Huawei mobile phones have three buffer overflow vulnerabilities due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the...

Security Advisory - Information Leak Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smart Phones

Some Huawei smartphones have an information leak vulnerability due to improper file permission configuration. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can get the file that keep the cipher text of the SIM card PIN. Vulnerability ID:...

Mobile Ad Hoc Mesh Network: Serval Mesh

Mobile Ad Hoc Mesh Network Serval Mesh, and it is free software that allows smart-phones to communicate, even in the face of catastrophic failure of cellular networks. Serval Mesh allows people to make voice calls, send text messages and share files with other Serval Mesh users, without requiring...

CVE-2016-8760

Touchscreen driver in Huawei P9 phones with software versions before EVA-AL10C00B192 and Huawei Honor 6 phones with software versions before H60-L026.10.1 has a heap overflow vulnerability, which allows attackers to crash the system or escalate user privilege...

CVE-2016-8775

Touch Panel TP driver in Huawei NEM phones with software Versions before NEM-AL10C00B130, Versions before NEM-UL10C17B160, Versions before NEM-UL10C00B160, Versions before NEM-TL00C01B160 allows attackers to get root privilege or crash the system or execute arbitrary code, related to a buffer...

Code injection

Apps on Huawei Ascend P6 mobile phones with software EDGE-U00 V100R001C17B508SP01 and earlier versions before V100R001C17B508SP02; EDGE-T00 V100R001C01B508SP01 and earlier versions before V100R001C01B508SP02; EDGE-C00 V100R001C92B508SP02 and earlier versions before V100R001C92B508SP03 can capture...

Buffer overflow

Touch Panel TP driver in Huawei NEM phones with software Versions before NEM-AL10C00B130, Versions before NEM-UL10C17B160, Versions before NEM-UL10C00B160, Versions before NEM-TL00C01B160 allows attackers to get root privilege or crash the system or execute arbitrary code, related to a buffer...

Privilege escalation

Huawei Mate 8 phones with software Versions before NXT-AL10C00B386, Versions before NXT-CL00C92B386, Versions before NXT-DL00C17B386, Versions before NXT-TL00C01B386; Mate S phones with software Versions before CRR-CL00C92B368, Versions before CRR-CL20C92B368, Versions before CRR-TL00C01B368,...

CVE-2016-8768

Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege...

CVE-2016-8791

Huawei Mate 8 phones with software Versions before NXT-AL10C00B386, Versions before NXT-CL00C92B386, Versions before NXT-DL00C17B386, Versions before NXT-TL00C01B386; Mate S phones with software Versions before CRR-CL00C92B368, Versions before CRR-CL20C92B368, Versions before CRR-TL00C01B368,...

CVE-2014-8571

CVE-2014-8571 affects Huawei Ascend P6 family (EDGE-U00, EDGE-T00, EDGE-C00) with listed builds prior to SP02/SP03; vulnerability allows screen capture without root permission, enabling potential leakage of user information by malware. Connected sources (Huawei PSIRT advisory HW-372118, CNVD-2017...

Security Advisory - Exposed System Interface Vulnerability on Huawei Smart Phones

There is a exposed system interface vulnerability on smart phones. The software provides a system interface for interaction with external applications, but calling the interface is not properly restricted. An attacker could trick the user into installing a malicious application to call the...

Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Vibrator Service of Huawei Smart Phones

The vibrator service of some Huawei smart phones has DoS vulnerability due to the lack of a parameters check. An attacker can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to smart phone vibrator service interface to crash the system...