Huawei Smart Phone 8.1.0.106(SP2C00)/8.1.0.107(SP5C00) Factory Reset Protection access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smart Phone 8.1.0.106(SP2C00)/8.1.0.107(SP5C00). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Factory Reset Protection. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-7944. An attack on the physical device is feasible. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smart Phone 8.1.0.106(SP2C00)/8.1.0.107(SP5C00) (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Factory Reset Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Huawei smart phones Emily-AL00A with software 8.1.0.106(SP2C00) and 8.1.0.107(SP5C00) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability. An attacker gets some user's smart phone and performs some special operations in the guide function. The attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass FRP function and use the phone normally.

The bug was discovered 06/22/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-7944 since 03/09/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/03/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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03/09/2018 🔍
06/22/2018 +105 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +12 days 🔍
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07/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/03/2023 +1732 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20180622-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-7944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120462

Entryinfo

Created: 07/06/2018 09:05
Updated: 04/03/2023 16:38
Changes: 07/06/2018 09:05 (57), 02/26/2020 08:17 (2), 04/03/2023 16:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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