# CVE-2018-7936: Security feature bypass in Mate 10 Pro

> Attackers can bypass Factory Reset Protection on Huawei Mate 10 Pro devices by sending special instructions via PC to disable the boot wizard.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4wx9-cc2p-c482

## What is CVE-2018-7936?

CVE-2018-7936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro, published on 4 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mate 10 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before BLA-L29 8.0.0.148(C432) have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can connect the phone with PC and send special instructions to install third party desktop and disable the boot wizard. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7936?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Mate 10 Pro Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-7936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-7936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro

- [CVE-2018-7934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7934/): Denial of service in Mate 10 Pro (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2018-7989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7989/): Auth bypass in Mate 10 pro (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2018-7990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7990/): Security feature bypass in Mate10 Pro (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7936 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-7936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro, published on 4 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7936/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7936/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7936
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7936
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7936

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7936/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.