CVE-2016-8769
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Huawei UTPS - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
References
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en
- http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en
- http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.