Huawei Mate8 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate8. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-5231. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei Mate8 (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei Mate8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to bypass permission checks and delete user data via a crafted app.

The weakness was published 06/30/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5231 since 06/01/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91556†). Similar entries are available at VDB-88554 and VDB-88556. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/01/2016 🔍
06/30/2016 +29 days 🔍
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07/04/2016 +4 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20160520-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5231 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5231
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88555
SecurityFocus: 91556 - Huawei Mate8 CVE-2016-5231 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:08
Updated: 08/26/2022 11:14
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:08 (48), 02/15/2019 16:01 (13), 08/26/2022 11:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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