CVE-2016-8769

MEDIUM

Huawei UTPS <UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Dhruv Shah · textlocalwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807

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References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en

[Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed] http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Affected Products (2)

huawei/utps_firmware < v200r003b015d15sp00c983

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Huawei UTPS < earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983

Timeline

Published Apr 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026