7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-8768
Huawei Honor PXN Defense Mechanism Disablement Remote Code Execution
Description

Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.

INFO

Published Date :

April 2, 2017, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-8768 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8768 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei honor_6_firmware
2 Huawei honor_7_firmware
3 Huawei honor_6_plus_firmware
4 Huawei honor_6
5 Huawei honor_6_plus
6 Huawei honor_7
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-8768.

URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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This project contains pocs and exploits for vulneribilities I found (mostly)

Makefile C Assembly Python Shell HTML CMake Batchfile Meson Roff

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Born at : Sept. 7, 2016, 12:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 144 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8768 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_plus_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.01%

score

0.34508

percentile

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