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CVE-2019-5283

• 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: 2019-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• P20: before emily-al00a_9.0.0.167\(c00e81r1p21t8\) — fixed in emily-al00a_9.0.0.167\(c00e81r1p21t8\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: P20 emily-al00a_9.0.0.167\(c00e81r1p21t8\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190424-01-frp-en
• https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190424-01-frp-en

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