CVE-2016-5821
Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the HiSuite service directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse (1) SspiCli.dll…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the HiSuite service directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse (1) SspiCli.dll or (2) USERENV.dll file or possibly other unspecified DLL files.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- huawei/hisuite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91418
- https://labs.bluefrostsecurity.de/advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91418
- https://labs.bluefrostsecurity.de/advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.