Security Advisory - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei smart phones. An unauthenticated attacker can bypass phone activation to user management page of the phone and create a new user. Successful exploit could allow the attacker operate part function of the phone. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-11098)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2727.
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-20170209-01-smartphone-en