CVE-2018-14327

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14327
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-26 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe installer for the Alcatel OSPREY3_MINI Modem component on EE EE40VB 4G mobile broadband modems with firmware before EE40_00_02.00_45 sets weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for the "Web Connecton\EE40" and "Web Connecton\EE40\BackgroundService" directories, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by inserting a Trojan horse ServiceManager.exe file into the "Web Connecton\EE40\BackgroundService" directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Ee Ee40vb - All All All
Hardware Ee Ee40vb - All All All
Operating System Ee Ee40vb Firmware All All All All
Operating System Ee Ee40vb Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZeroDayLab Blog: ZeroDayLab Discovers EE Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2018-14327 MISC blog.zerodaylab.com Exploit, Patch
EE 4GEE WiFi Mini CVE-2018-14327 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
EE 4GEE Mini Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14327) | ????Blog of Osanda MISC osandamalith.com Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
EE 4GEE Mini EE40_00_02.00_44 - Privilege Escalation - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
EE 4GEE Mini Local Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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