CVE-2016-8769 Privilege escalation in Huawei UTPS
An attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in the unquoted service path of Huawei UTPS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8769?
CVE-2016-8769 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei UTPS, published on 2 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8769?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Utps Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8769?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8769 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8769 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8769 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei UTPS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvhx-9828-527h.