What is the severity of CVE-2016-5821?

CVE-2016-5821 has a high severity rating due to the potential for local users to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5821?

To fix CVE-2016-5821, update Huawei HiSuite to version 4.0.4.204_ove or 4.0.4.301 or later.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-5821?

Users of Huawei HiSuite versions prior to 4.0.4.204_ove and 4.0.4.301 are affected by CVE-2016-5821.

What is the impact of CVE-2016-5821?

The impact of CVE-2016-5821 includes unauthorized local access to SYSTEM privileges, potentially allowing further exploitation.

How can CVE-2016-5821 be exploited?

CVE-2016-5821 can be exploited by local users using specific trojan files like SspiCli.dll or USERENV.dll.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-5821

high

7.8

CWE

264

13/7/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-5821

First published: Wed Jul 13 2016(Updated: )

Huawei HiSuite before 4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China) and before 4.0.4.301 (China) use a weak ACL (FILE_WRITE_DATA for BUILTIN\Users) for the HiSuite service directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse (1) SspiCli.dll or (2) USERENV.dll file or possibly other unspecified DLL files.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Huawei Hisuite	<=4.0.3.301

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5821?
CVE-2016-5821 has a high severity rating due to the potential for local users to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5821?
To fix CVE-2016-5821, update Huawei HiSuite to version 4.0.4.204_ove or 4.0.4.301 or later.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-5821?
Users of Huawei HiSuite versions prior to 4.0.4.204_ove and 4.0.4.301 are affected by CVE-2016-5821.
What is the impact of CVE-2016-5821?
The impact of CVE-2016-5821 includes unauthorized local access to SYSTEM privileges, potentially allowing further exploitation.
How can CVE-2016-5821 be exploited?
CVE-2016-5821 can be exploited by local users using specific trojan files like SspiCli.dll or USERENV.dll.

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