Huawei Ec177 wintab32.dll access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Huawei Ec177. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library wintab32.dll. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-8359. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei Ec177 (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code in the library wintab32.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Huawei Mobile Partner for Windows 23.009.05.03.1014 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll in the Mobile Partner directory.

The weakness was disclosed 11/13/2014 by Osanda Malith (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-8359 since 10/20/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (97682), Exploit-DB (30477) and SecurityFocus (BID 70671†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

10/20/2014 🔍
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11/13/2014 +24 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +134 days 🔍
08/02/2025 +3781 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: 128767
Researcher: Osanda Malith
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-8359 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8359
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72867
X-Force: 97682
SecurityFocus: 70671 - Huawei Mobile Partner 'wintab32.dll' DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 08/02/2025 10:14
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (54), 03/17/2019 08:31 (1), 04/04/2022 06:19 (3), 08/02/2025 10:14 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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