CVE-2016-8776

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8776
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhuawei
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-02 20:59:01 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionHuawei P9 phones with software EVA-AL10C00,EVA-CL10C00,EVA-DL10C00,EVA-TL10C00 and P9 Lite phones with software VNS-L21C185 allow attackers to bypass the factory reset protection (FRP) to enter some functional modules without authorization and perform operations to update the Google account.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.6 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-285 | Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Huawei P9 - All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware eva-al10c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware eva-cl10c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware eva-dl10c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware eva-tl10c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei P9 Lite - All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Lite Firmware vns-l21c185 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na P9 P9 Lite EVA-AL10C00EVA-CL10C00EVA-DL10C00EVA-TL10C00VNS-L21C185 affected P9, P9 Lite EVA-AL10C00,EVA-CL10C00,EVA-DL10C00,EVA-TL10C00,VNS-L21C185, Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
Huawei P9 and P9 Lite CVE-2016-8776 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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