CVE-2018-7988 describes a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability affecting several Huawei Mate 9 Pro and Nova 2 Plus smartphone models. An attacker can exploit this by physically connecting two smartphones via a data cable and performing specific operations, bypassing the FRP without proper permission verification. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but it necessitates physical proximity (Physical attack vector). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.0.350\(c00\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_2_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.0.0.363\(c00\)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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.