CVE-2016-5821

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    CVE-2016-5821

    Published: 13 Jul 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538797/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91418, , http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-en, https://labs.bluefrostsecurity.de/advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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