{"id":"CVE-2016-8769","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8769","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:46:02.578Z","title":"Huawei UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths.","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.","published":"2017-04-02T20:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["huawei/utps firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01578,"percentile":0.75351,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-11-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40807,"kind":"exploit","title":"Huawei UTPS - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/40807.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/40807.txt","published":"2016-11-22","added":"2016-11-22","updated":"2016-11-22","author":"Dhruv Shah","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-8769"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8769","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."}