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CVE-2018-7936

• 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: 2018-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro: before bla-l29_8.0.0.148\(c432\) — fixed in bla-l29_8.0.0.148\(c432\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro bla-l29_8.0.0.148\(c432\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180827-01-frpbypass-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180827-01-frpbypass-en

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