Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8769

Description

Huawei UTPS earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983 has an unquoted service path vulnerability which can lead to the truncation of UTPS service query paths. An attacker may put an executable file in the search path of the affected service and obtain elevated privileges after the executable file is executed.

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Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Huawei UTPSv5
Range: earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983
Huawei/Utpsllm-fuzzy
Range: <UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983
Huawei/Utps Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:utps_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=v200r003b015d15sp00c983

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-ennvdVendor Advisory
www.security-geek.in/2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles/nvdThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94403nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40807/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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