Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones

Factory Reset Protection FRP is a security method that was designed to make sure someone can't just wipe and factory reset the phone if user lost it or it was stolen. The FRP in some Huawei smart phones can be bypass. An attacker can bypass the FRP by special steps and wipe and factory reset the...

CVE-2016-3889

Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism by accessing 1 an external tile from a system application, 2 the help feature, or 3 the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka...

CVE-2016-3889

CVE-2016-3889 describes a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass in Android 6.x and 7.0 prior to September 1, 2016. Attackers with physical access could trigger the bypass during pre-setup by exploiting (1) an external tile from a system app, (2) the Help feature, or (3) the Settings app, associat...