Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2018
CVE-2018-7911
Some Huawei smart phones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.106(C00), 8.0.0.113(SP2C00), 8.0.0.113(SP3C00), 8.0.0.113(SP7C00), 8.0.0.118(C00), 8.0.0.120(SP2C00), 8.0.0.125(SP1C00),…
4.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Some Huawei smart phones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.106(C00), 8.0.0.113(SP2C00), 8.0.0.113(SP3C00), 8.0.0.113(SP7C00), 8.0.0.118(C00), 8.0.0.120(SP2C00), 8.0.0.125(SP1C00), 8.0.0.125(SP3C00), 8.0.0.126(SP2C00), 8.0.0.126(SP5C00), 8.0.0.127(SP1C00), 8.0.0.128(SP2C00), ALP-AL00B-RSC 1.0.0.2, BLA-TL00B 8.0.0.113(SP7C01), 8.0.0.118(C01), 8.0.0.120(SP2C01), 8.0.0.125(SP1C01), 8.0.0.125(SP2C01), 8.0.0.125(SP3C01), 8.0.0.126(SP2C01), 8.0.0.126(SP5C01), 8.0.0.127(SP1C01), 8.0.0.128(SP2C01), 8.0.0.129(SP2C01), Charlotte-AL00A 8.1.0.105(SP7C00), 8.1.0.106(SP3C00), 8.1.0.107(SP5C00), 8.1.0.107(SP7C00), 8.1.0.108(SP3C00), 8.1.0.108(SP6C00), 8.1.0.109(SP2C00), Emily-AL00A 8.1.0.105(SP6C00), 8.1.0.106(SP2C00), 8.1.0.107(SP5C00), 8.1.0.107(SP7C00), 8.1.0.108(SP2C00), 8.1.0.108(SP6C00), 8.1.0.109(SP5C00) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the configuration flow by Gaode Map and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Alp-al00b Firmware · Huawei
8.0.0.106(c00); 8.0.0.113(sp2c00); 8.0.0.113(sp3c00); 8.0.0.113(sp7c00); 8.0.0.118(c00); 8.0.0.120(sp2c00); +6 more · source: NVD
AF
Alp-al00b-rsc Firmware · Huawei
1.0.0.2 · source: NVD
BF
Bla-tl00b Firmware · Huawei
8.0.0.113(sp7c01); 8.0.0.118(c01); 8.0.0.120(sp2c01); 8.0.0.125(sp1c01); 8.0.0.125(sp2c01); 8.0.0.125(sp3c01); +5 more · source: NVD
CF
Charlotte-al00a Firmware · Huawei
8.1.0.105(sp7c00); 8.1.0.106(sp3c00); 8.1.0.107(sp5c00); 8.1.0.107(sp7c00); 8.1.0.108(sp3c00); 8.1.0.108(sp6c00); +1 more · source: NVD
EF
Emily-al00a Firmware · Huawei
8.1.0.105(sp6c00); 8.1.0.106(sp2c00); 8.1.0.107(sp5c00); 8.1.0.107(sp7c00); 8.1.0.108(sp2c00); 8.1.0.108(sp6c00); +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7911
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7911
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180822-01-frpbypass-en
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