Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20170524-01-frp
- Initial Release Date: May 24, 2017
- Last Release Date: May 24, 2017
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 perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-02036)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2710.
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-20170524-01-frp-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Beethoven-W09A |
BTV-W09C229B002CUSTC229D005 |
Upgrade to BTV-W09 C229B003CUSTC229D001 |
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BTV-W09C233B029 |
Upgrade to BTV-W09 C233B030 |
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Earlier than BTV-W09C100B006CUSTC100D002 versions |
BTV-W09 C100B006CUSTC100D002 |
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Earlier than BTV-W09C128B003CUSTC128D002 versions |
BTV-W09 C128B003CUSTC128D002 |
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Earlier than BTV-W09C199B002CUSTC199D002 versions |
BTV-W09 C199B002CUSTC199D002 |
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Earlier than BTV-W09C209B005CUSTC209D001 versions |
BTV-W09 C209B005CUSTC209D001 |
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Earlier than BTV-W09C331B002CUSTC331D001 versions |
BTV-W09 C331B002CUSTC331D001 |
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CRR-L09 |
Earlier than CRR-L09C432B390 versions |
CRR-L09C432B390 |
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Earlier than CRR-L09C605B355CUSTC605D003 versions |
CRR-L09C605B355CUSTC605D003 |
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)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
Attacker gets the smart phone device.
Vulnerability details:
When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by Alessandro De Bartolo from Italy security researcher. Huawei would like to thank Alessandro De Bartolo for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2017-05-24 V1.0 INITIAL
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