Local privilege escalation via improperly permissioned files
Published Apr 30, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Privilege escalation in Huawei PC Manager before 10.0.1.36 allows local users with low privileges to inject commands through specific files. Huawei identifies the locus only as specific files: their permissions allow low-privileged users to inject commands, but the vendor does not name the files or execution path. Local access to the affected computer is required; successful exploitation raises the attacker's privileges and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Huawei PC Manager before 10.0.1.36 allows local users with low privileges to inject commands through specific files. Huawei identifies the locus only as specific files: their permissions allow low-privileged users to inject commands, but the vendor does not name the files or execution path. Local access to the affected computer is required; successful exploitation raises the attacker's privileges and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-1817
- Published
- Apr 30, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Huawei
- Product
- Huawei PC Manager
- Classifications
- T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 30, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Versions earlier than 10.0.1.36
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