Medium severity · published Nov 27, 2018
CVE-2018-7988
There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartphones
4.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartphones. The system does not sufficiently verify the permission, an attacker uses a data cable to connect the smartphone to another smartphone and then perform a series of specific operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker bypass the FRP protection.
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 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M9
Mate 9 Pro Firmware · Huawei
before 8.0.0.363\(c00\) · source: NVD
N2
Nova 2 Plus Firmware · Huawei
before 8.0.0.350\(c00\) · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7988
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7988
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20181114-01-smartphone-en
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