Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180905-01-frpbypass
- Initial Release Date: Sep 05, 2018
- Last Release Date: Sep 05, 2018
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 disable the boot wizard by enable the talkback function. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-12057)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2018-7939.
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-20180905-01-frpbypass-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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G9 Lite |
The versions before VNS-L53C605B120CUSTC605D103 |
Upgrade to VNS-L53C605B120CUSTC605D103 |
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Honor 5A |
The versions before CAM-L03C605B143CUSTC605D008 |
CAM-L03C605B143CUSTC605D008 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C10B145 |
CAM-L21C10B145 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C185B156 |
CAM-L21C185B156 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C223B133 |
CAM-L21C223B133 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C432B210 |
CAM-L21C432B210 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C464B170 |
CAM-L21C464B170 |
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The versions before CAM-L21C636B245 |
CAM-L21C636B245 |
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Honor 6X |
The versions before Berlin-L21C10B372 |
Berlin-L21C10B372 |
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The versions before Berlin-L21C185B363 |
Berlin-L21C185B363 |
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The versions before Berlin-L21C464B137 |
Berlin-L21C464B137 |
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The versions before Berlin-L23C605B161 |
Berlin-L23C605B161 |
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Honor 8 |
The versions before FRD-L09C10B387 |
FRD-L09C10B387 |
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The versions before FRD-L09C185B387 |
FRD-L09C185B387 |
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The versions before FRD-L09C432B398 |
FRD-L09C432B398 |
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The versions before FRD-L09C636B387 |
FRD-L09C636B387 |
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The versions before FRD-L19C10B387 |
FRD-L19C10B387 |
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The versions before FRD-L19C432B399 |
FRD-L19C432B399 |
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The versions before FRD-L19C636B387 |
FRD-L19C636B387 |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and cause the FRP bypass.
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)
Attacker gets the smart phone device.
Vulnerability details:
There is 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 disable the boot wizard by enable the talkback function. 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 discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2018-09-05 V1.0 INITIAL
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