First published: Mon Dec 11 2017(Updated: )
Huawei EC156, EC176, and EC177 USB Modem products with software before UTPS-V200R003B015D02SP07C1014 (23.015.02.07.1014) and before V200R003B015D02SP08C1014 (23.015.02.08.1014) use a weak ACL for the "Mobile Partner" directory, which allows remote attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges by compromising a low privilege account and modifying Mobile Partner.exe.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Huawei EC156 Firmware | =v200r003b009d05sp03c1014 | |
Huawei EC156 Firmware | ||
Huawei Ec176 Firmware | =v200r003b009d05sp03c1014 | |
Huawei Ec176 Firmware | ||
Huawei EC177 | =v200r003b009d05sp03c1014 | |
Huawei EC177 |
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CVE-2014-8358 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for remote attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges.
To mitigate CVE-2014-8358, upgrade the Huawei EC156, EC176, and EC177 USB Modem products to the version UTPS-V200R003B015D02SP07C1014 or V200R003B015D02SP08C1014 or later.
Users of Huawei EC156, EC176, and EC177 USB Modem products with firmware versions prior to UTPS-V200R003B015D02SP07C1014 and V200R003B015D02SP08C1014 are affected by CVE-2014-8358.
CVE-2014-8358 is a directory access control vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to the "Mobile Partner" directory.
Exploiting CVE-2014-8358 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on the affected devices.