CVE-2018-7988

MEDIUM

Factory Reset Protection Bypass - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 7.2%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
huawei/mate_9_pro_firmware < 8.0.0.363\(c00\)
huawei/nova_2_plus_firmware < 8.0.0.350\(c00\)
Published Nov 27, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026