Factory Reset Protection (FRP) Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 5S Smart Phones

CVE-2017-8152 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones with software the versions before TAG-TL00C01B173 have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability due to the improper design. An attacker can access factory reset page without authorization by only dial with special code. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to restore the phone to factory settings.

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