Authenticated local privilege escalation
Published Apr 27, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Huawei PC Manager before 10.0.5.53 allows local users with system access to obtain higher privileges. Huawei describes the trigger only as a specific operation and has not disclosed the affected component or the operation it performs incorrectly. Exploitation requires authenticated local access and high existing privileges; the documented consequence is privilege elevation on the host.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Huawei PC Manager before 10.0.5.53 allows local users with system access to obtain higher privileges. Huawei describes the trigger only as a specific operation and has not disclosed the affected component or the operation it performs incorrectly. Exploitation requires authenticated local access and high existing privileges; the documented consequence is privilege elevation on the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-1845
- Published
- Apr 27, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Huawei
- Product
- Huawei PC Manager
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 27, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=Versions earlier than 10.0.5.53
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