CVE-2020-9225

Local privilege escalation via incorrect privilege assignment

Published Jun 18, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024

Improper privilege management in Huawei FusionSphere 6.5.1 allows local users with low-privilege accounts to perform unauthorized operations. The affected permission-assignment logic grants an actor privileges that are not authorized for the requested action. Exploitation requires local access to an affected Huawei Cloud Stack deployment and a low-privilege account, after which operations beyond that account's assigned privileges become available.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.20%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Huawei FusionSphere 6.5.1 allows local users with low-privilege accounts to perform unauthorized operations. The affected permission-assignment logic grants an actor privileges that are not authorized for the requested action. Exploitation requires local access to an affected Huawei Cloud Stack deployment and a low-privilege account, after which operations beyond that account's assigned privileges become available.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-9225
Published
Jun 18, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Vendor
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Product
FusionSphere
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 18, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · FusionSphereversion=6.5.1

Published CVSS scores

7.2HuaweiCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
7.8HuaweiCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6National Institute of Standards and TechnologyAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8National Institute of Standards and TechnologyCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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