High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5821

Description

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.

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Affected products

Huawei/Hisuite2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:huawei:hisuite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:huawei:hisuite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.0.3.301
- (no CPE)range: <4.0.4.204_ove (Out of China); <4.0.4.301 (China)

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References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/137733/Huawei-HiSuite-For-Windows-4.0.3.301-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploit
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-ennvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538797/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91418nvd
labs.bluefrostsecurity.de/advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/nvd

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