CVE-2017-8119 Privilege escalation in UMA
Attackers can gain elevated privileges on Huawei UMA servers by sending crafted packets due to insufficient parameter validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8119?
CVE-2017-8119 is a critical vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. UMA, published on 22 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The UMA product with software V200R001 and V300R001 has a privilege elevation vulnerability due to insufficient validation or improper processing of parameters. An attacker could craft specific packets to exploit these vulnerabilities to gain elevated privileges.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8119?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Uma.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8119?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-8119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. UMA
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v659-hwgr-274g.