CVE-2016-8768

HIGH

Huawei Honor <6.9.16 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 17.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (4)
huawei/honor_6_firmware
huawei/honor_6_plus_firmware
huawei/honor_7_firmware
n/a/Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
Published Apr 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026