CVE-2018-7940 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro smartphones running specific older firmware versions. An attacker with high physical privilege to the device can bypass the activation function through specific operations. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), indicating a physical attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.0.129\(sp2c00\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.0.0.129\(sp2c01\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.