CVE-2020-1845 Privilege escalation in PCManager

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A local authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Huawei PCManager to gain higher system privileges.

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-2020-1845?

CVE-2020-1845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei PCManager, published on 27 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei PCManager product with versions earlier than 10.0.5.53 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can perform specific operation to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1845?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Pcmanager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1845?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-1845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rhjw-325p-xv9q.

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