Security Advisory - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Huawei Multiple Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160926-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Sep 26, 2016
- Last Release Date: Sep 26, 2016
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3857.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160926-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Honor 6/ Honor 6 Plus/ Honor 7 |
Versions earlier than 6.9.16 |
6.9.16[1] |
[1] The product user who submits the upgrade application in Huawei club website (https://www.wenjuan.com/s/YBNzIj/) will receive a system update prompt, install the update can fix the vulnerability.
Base Score: 6.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
The attacker successfully tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone;
2. Attacking procedure:
An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can modify the data of kernel to crash the system or escalate user privilege.
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.
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