What is CVE-2019-5283?

CVE-2019-5283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P20. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2019-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-5283?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei P20

CVE-2019-5283

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to access the setting page. 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 P20 — versions Versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167(C00E81R1P21T8)
Huawei P20_firmware

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5283?: CVE-2019-5283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P20. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2019-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-5283?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.