# CVE-2017-8124: Privilege escalation in UMA

> An attacker can craft specific packets to exploit insufficient parameter validation in Huawei UMA, gaining elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8ww7-558h-f84p

## What is CVE-2017-8124?

CVE-2017-8124 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 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Uma.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. UMA

- [CVE-2017-8117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8117/): Privilege escalation in UMA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8119/): Privilege escalation in UMA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8120/): Privilege escalation in UMA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8122/): Privilege escalation in UMA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8123/): Privilege escalation in UMA (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8124 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. UMA. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8124

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