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CVE-2017-8161

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

EVA-L09 smartphones with software Earlier than EVA-L09C25B150CUSTC25D003 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C440B140 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C464B361 versions,Earlier than EVA-L09C675B320CUSTC675D004 versions have Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Swype and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. EVA-L09: before eva-l09c25b150custc25d003; before eva-l09c440b140; before eva-l09c464b361; before l09c675b320custc675d004 — fixed in eva-l09c25b150custc25d003, eva-l09c440b140, eva-l09c464b361, l09c675b320custc675d004

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. EVA-L09 eva-l09c25b150custc25d003, eva-l09c440b140, eva-l09c464b361, l09c675b320custc675d004. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171013-01-frpbypass-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171013-01-frpbypass-en

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