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CVE-2018-7988 — There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartp

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. Successfu

CVSS
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EPSS
0.02% (top 93.80%)
CWE
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Published
2018-11-27T22:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T06:37:59.673Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Huawei nova 2 Plus, Huawei Mate9 ProHuawei nova 2 Plus the versions before 8.0.0.350(C00), Huawei Mate9 Pro the versions before 8.0.0.363(C00)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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