4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-7939
Huawei Smartphones FRP Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Huawei smart phones G9 Lite, Honor 5A, Honor 6X, Honor 8 with the versions before VNS-L53C605B120CUSTC605D103, the versions before CAM-L03C605B143CUSTC605D008, the versions before CAM-L21C10B145, the versions before CAM-L21C185B156, the versions before CAM-L21C223B133, the versions before CAM-L21C432B210, the versions before CAM-L21C464B170, the versions before CAM-L21C636B245, the versions before Berlin-L21C10B372, the versions before Berlin-L21C185B363, the versions before Berlin-L21C464B137, the versions before Berlin-L23C605B161, the versions before FRD-L09C10B387, the versions before FRD-L09C185B387, the versions before FRD-L09C432B398, the versions before FRD-L09C636B387, the versions before FRD-L19C10B387, the versions before FRD-L19C432B399, the versions before FRD-L19C636B387 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 disable the boot wizard by enable the talkback function. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 12, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7939 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei g9_lite_firmware
2 Huawei honor_5a_firmware
3 Huawei honor_5a
4 Huawei honor_6x_firmware
5 Huawei honor_8_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180905-01-frpbypass-en Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-254 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180905-01-frpbypass-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180905-01-frpbypass-en Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:g9_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vns-l53c605b120custc605d103 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:g9_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l03c605b143custc605d008 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c10b145 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c185b156 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c223b133 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c432b210 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c464b170 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l21c636b245 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) berlin-l21c10b372 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) berlin-l21c185b363 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) berlin-l21c464b137 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) berlin-l23c605b161 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l09c10b387 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l09c185b387 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l09c432b398 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l09c636b387 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l19c10b387 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l19c432b399 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) frd-l19c636b387 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.26127

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