Huawei UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths. An attacker may put an executable file in the search path of the affected service and obtain elevated privileges after the executable file is executed.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/ | third party advisory url repurposed |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en | vendor advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/ | exploit vdb entry third party advisory |