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…

PriorityP419medium4.6CVSS 3.0

AVPACLPRNUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.22%

12.9th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
huawei	mate_9_pro_firmware	< 8.0.0.363\(c00\)	8.0.0.363\(c00\)
huawei	nova_2_plus_firmware	< 8.0.0.350\(c00\)	8.0.0.350\(c00\)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.04.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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