Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability on Huawei Smart Phones

There is a FRP bypass vulnerability on Huawei smart phones. During the mobile phone reseting process, an attacker could bypass “Find My Phone” protect after a series of voice and keyboard operations. Successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass FRP. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-06018)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-7990.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180831-01-smartphone-en