CVE-2016-8768 Privilege escalation in Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
Attackers can disable PXN defense via drive code to escalate privileges or crash Huawei Honor phones, requiring a software update.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8768?
CVE-2016-8768 is a high-severity vulnerability in Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16, published on 2 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-254
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8768?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Honor 6 Firmware, Huawei Honor 6 Plus Firmware, Huawei Honor 7 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8768 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
- CVE-2016-8783 Memory corruption in H60 (Honor 6), P9 Plus
- CVE-2016-8759 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1
- CVE-2016-8760 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1
- CVE-2016-8761 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1
- CVE-2016-6179 Privilege escalation in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cq9v-ccm4-prw3.