Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20161207-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: 2016-12-07
- Last Release Date: 2016-12-07
There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can enter some functional modules without authorization and perform operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-09010)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8776.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161207-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
|
P9 |
EVA-AL10C00 |
EVA-AL10C00B195[1] |
|
EVA-CL10C00 |
EVA-CL10C00B195[1] |
|
|
EVA-DL10C00 |
EVA-DL10C00B195[1] |
|
|
EVA-TL10C00 |
EVA-TL10C00B195[1] |
|
|
P9 Lite |
VNS-L21C185 |
VNS-L21C185B150[1] |
[1] Mobile phones will receive a system update prompt. The vulnerabilities will be fixed after users install the update.
An attacker can modify the configuration of the smart phone and cause the FRP bypass.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.6 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Temporal Score: 4.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
1.This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
Attacker gets the smartphone device.
2.Vulnerability details:
When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can enter some functional modules without authorization and perform operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by Aung Khant Zaw from Myanmar. Huawei would like to thank Aung Khant Zaw for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2016-12-07 V1.0 INITIAL
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