VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-5220

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartphones.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartphones. The system does not sufficiently verify the permission, an attacker could do a certain operation on certain step of setup wizard. Successful exploit could allow the attacker bypass the FRP protection. Affected products: Mate 20 X, versions earlier than Ever-AL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1); Mate 20, versions earlier than Hima-AL00B/Hima-TL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1); Honor Magic 2, versions earlier than Tony-AL00B/Tony-TL00B 9.0.0.182(C00E180R2P2).

CVSS 3.0: 4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-863
Affected: huawei/mate 20 x firmware · huawei/mate 20 firmware · huawei/honor magic 2 firmware
Source: psirt@huawei.com

References

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190626-01-frp-enVendor Advisory
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190626-01-frp-enVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.