Factory Reset Protection Bypass in Huawei Smartphones
CVE-2018-7944

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

McAfee
Status
Emily-al00a
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 July 2018

What is CVE-2018-7944?

Huawei smartphones running specific versions of the Emily-AL00A models exhibit a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability. This security flaw allows an attacker, having physical access to the device, to execute certain operations that enable them to bypass the FRP mechanism. Once exploited, the attacker can regain full access to the device, undermining user security and privacy.

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Affected Version(s)

Emily-AL00A 8.1.0.106(SP2C00) and 8.1.0.107(SP5C00)

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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