What is CVE-2018-7936?

CVE-2018-7936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 10 Pro. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2018-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-7936?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Mate 10 Pro

CVE-2018-7936

Mate 10 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before BLA-L29 8.0.0.148(C432) 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 connect the phone with PC and send special instructions to install third party desktop and disable the boot wizard. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei Mate_10_pro
Huawei Mate_10_pro_firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro — versions The versions before BLA-L29 8.0.0.148(C432)

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7936?: CVE-2018-7936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 10 Pro. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2018-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-7936?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.