Path Traversal in Huawei E585

CVE-2012-5969

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities on the Huawei E585 device allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the PATH_INFO of an sdcard/ request or (2) modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the req_page parameter to en/sms.cgi.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Huawei E585
Huawei E585u-82
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)