PT-2018-18358 · Huawei Technologies Co.+1 · Huawei Nova 2 Plus+2

Published 2018-11-27 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-7988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Smartphones (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass. It arises due to insufficient permission verification by the system. An attacker can exploit this by connecting the smartphone to another using a data cable and performing specific operations. This could allow the attacker to bypass FRP protection.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-7988

Affected Products

Huawei Nova 2 Plus

Mate 9 Pro Firmware

Nova 2 Plus Firmware

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7988 · Security Note
• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20181114-01-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory