What is CVE-2018-7991?

CVE-2018-7991 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate10. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-7991?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei Mate10

CVE-2018-7991

Huawei smartphones Mate10 with versions earlier before ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.110(C00) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability. The system does not sufficiently verify the permission, an attacker uses a data cable to connect the smartphone to the computer and then perform some specific operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker bypass the FRP protection to access the system setting page.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th 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 Mate10
Huawei Mate10_firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate10 — versions Versions earlier before ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.110(C00)

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7991?: CVE-2018-7991 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate10. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-7991?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.