CVE-2016-8769

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8769
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 UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths. An attacker may put an executable file in the search path of the affected service and obtain elevated privileges after the executable file is executed.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-264 | unquoted service path

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Huawei Utps Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Huawei UTPS affected earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Huawei UTPS - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation - Windows local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Huawei UTPS CVE-2016-8769 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory - Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability in Huawei UTPS Software af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
0day discovery System level access by Privilege Escalation of Huawei manufactured Airtel & Photon Dongles – Security-Geek af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-geek.in Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
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