Huawei PCManager Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	106838
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2019-5241 CVE-2019-5242
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 09 2019 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 27 2019 05:00AM
Credit:	Microsoft Defender Research Team
Vulnerable:	Huawei PCManager 0
Not Vulnerable:	Huawei PCManager 9.0.1.70 Huawei PCManager 9.0.1.66

Huawei PCManager Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Huawei PCManager is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability and a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Attackers can leverage these issues to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application.

This issue has been fixed in PCManager 9.0.1.70, and 9.0.1.66.

Huawei PCManager Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Huawei PCManager Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Huawei PCManager Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

References:

• Huawei Home Page (Huawei Technologies)
  
• From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearth (Microsoft)
  
• Security Advisory - Two Vulnerabilities in Huawei PCManager Product (Huawei)