Huawei smartphones Mate10 with versions earlier before ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.110(C00) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability.

published 2018-09-18 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-19703

cvss: 4.6; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits: 0; none known

Huawei smartphones Mate10 with versions earlier before ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.110(C00) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability. The system does not sufficiently verify the permission, an attacker uses a data cable to connect the smartphone to the computer and then perform some specific operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker bypass the FRP protection to access the system setting page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

huawei mate10_firmware alp-al00b_8.0.0.110\(c00\)

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Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	4.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate10

References

huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180912-01-smartphone-en
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-7991
NVD CVE-2018-7991

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