{"id":"CVE-2016-8768","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8768","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:15.050Z","title":"Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.","description":"Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.","published":"2017-04-02T20:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-254"],"affected":["huawei/honor 6 firmware","huawei/honor 6 plus firmware","huawei/honor 7 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00751,"percentile":0.54781,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8768","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}