CVE-2017-10709
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate...
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
- Record
CVE-2017-10709- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
- Record
CVE-2017-10709- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2355 No score
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
- Record
EUVD-2017-2355- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-955g-wpj8-g9rc
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate...
The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
- Record
GHSA-955g-wpj8-g9rc- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-10709 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Google Android, published June 30, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/6kajkc/elephone_p9000_lock_screen_lockout_bypass_with
security.nl/posting/522081/Schermvergrendeling+Elephone+P9000+door+lek+te+omzeilen
trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Elephone-P9000-Lock-Screen-Lockout-Bypass?page=1&year=0&month=0
youtube.com/watch?v=dwyzonP2eZw
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10709
github.com/advisories/GHSA-955g-wpj8-g9rc