CVE-2020-9112 Privilege escalation in Taurus-AN00B

High 7.8 Published 19 Oct 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can exploit missing privilege restrictions to access protected information and elevate privileges on Huawei Taurus devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-9112?

CVE-2020-9112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Taurus-AN00B, published on 19 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Taurus-AN00B versions earlier than 10.1.0.156(C00E155R7P2) have a privilege elevation vulnerability. Due to lack of privilege restrictions on some of the business functions of the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access the protecting information, resulting in the elevation of the privilege.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9112?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Taurus-An00b Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-9112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xgmm-v76r-g7gj.