Huawei P20 prior 9.0.0.167 Factory Reset Protection access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Huawei P20. Affected is an unknown function of the component Factory Reset Protection. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-5283. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei P20 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality 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:

There is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability in P20 Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Emily-AL00A 9.0.0.167 (C00E81R1P21T8). When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to access the setting page. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

The weakness was presented 06/04/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-5283 since 01/04/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0.167 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-135952 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: P20 9.0.0.167

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
06/04/2019 +151 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2023 +1576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20190424-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5283 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5283
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135948
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2019 09:12
Updated: 09/28/2023 07:26
Changes: 06/05/2019 09:12 (57), 06/19/2020 11:18 (1), 09/28/2023 07:26 (4)
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