SB2019062602 - Factory Reset Protection bypass on Huawei smartphones
Published: June 26, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019062602
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Physical access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5220)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the system does not sufficiently verify the permission. An attacker with physical access to the smartphones can do a certain operation on certain step of setup wizard.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to bypass the FRP protection.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.