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CVE-2016-5821

Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 28%
Public exploits
0
none known

Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the HiSuite service directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse (1) SspiCli.dll or (2) USERENV.dll file or possibly other unspecified DLL files.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • labs.bluefrostsecurity.de /advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-en · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/538797/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91418 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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