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CVE-2018-7991

• 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: 2018-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate10: before alp-al00b_8.0.0.110\(c00\) — fixed in alp-al00b_8.0.0.110\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate10 alp-al00b_8.0.0.110\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180912-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180912-01-smartphone-en

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