CVE-2018-7911

moderate-risk

Published 2018-10-23

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.

Do I need to act?

0.03% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.6/10 Medium

PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Alp-Al00B Firmware

Alp-Al00B-Rsc Firmware

Bla-Tl00B Firmware

Affected Vendors

Huawei

References (2)

Vendor Advisory http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180822-01-frpbypa...

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moderate-risk

Severity 16/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 24/34 · High