A vulnerability was found in Huawei Honor 4C (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Camera Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Camera driver in Huawei Honor 4C smartphones with software CHM-UL00C00 before CHM-UL00C00B564, CHM-TL00C01 before CHM-TL00C01B564, and CHM-TL00C00 before CHM-TL00HC00B564 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6180, CVE-2016-6182, CVE-2016-6183, and CVE-2016-6184.

The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6181 since 07/07/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 91356, 91358, 91359 and 91360 are pretty similar.

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