CVE-2016-5821

high

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.

References

https://labs.bluefrostsecurity.de/advisories/bfs-sa-2016-003/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91418

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538797/100/0/threaded

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160624-01-hisuite-en

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00064