CVE-2016-8769
Huawei UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Huawei UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths. An attacker may put an executable file in the search path of the affected service and obtain elevated privileges after the executable file is executed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.58% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 November 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- huawei/utps firmware
- Source
- psirt@huawei.com
EPSS 1.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.