CVE-2018-7988

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - psirt@huawei.com

Published

2018-11-27

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected products

• Mate 9 Pro Firmware (Huawei)
• Nova 2 Plus Firmware (Huawei)
• Huawei Mate9 Pro (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.)
• Huawei Nova 2 Plus (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.)

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20181114-01-smartphone-en