CVE-2016-5821
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| huawei | hisuite | {"endIncluding":"4.0.3.301"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-en
- 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.html
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-en
- 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/
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.