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CVE-2016-8769

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorUtps FirmwareUtps

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Huawei 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed
Source: [email protected]
http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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