Security Advisory - DLL Hijacking Vulnerability on Huawei HiSuite
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite
- Initial Release Date: Jun 24, 2016
- Last Release Date: Jun 28, 2016
This software contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability. This vulnerability exists due to some DLL file is loaded by HiSuite improperly. And it allows an attacker to load this DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-04045)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5821.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HiSuite |
HiSuite4.0.3.301 and earlier versions |
HiSuite 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) HiSuite4.0.4.301 (China) |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker to load a malicious DLL file and obtain the local system privilege using a low-privilege user account.
Base Score: 6.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Temporal Score: 5.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
An attacker can login the target windows system
2. Attacking procedure:
This vulnerability exists due to some DLL file is loaded by HiSuite improperly. And it allows an attacker to load this DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by Benjamin Gnahm of Blue Frost Security. Huawei would like to thank Benjamin Gnahm for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2016-06-28 V1.1 UPDATE Add CVE-ID, and update the section of "Impact"
2016-06-24 V1.0 INITIAL
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