Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 6
CVE-2016-8768
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Honor 6
- Huawei Honor 6 Firmware
- Huawei Honor 6 Plus
- Huawei Honor 6 Plus Firmware
- Huawei Honor 7
- Huawei Honor 7 Firmware
- Honor 6,honor 6 Plus,honor 7 Versions Earlier Than 6.9.16 — versions Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-en (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8768?
- CVE-2016-8768 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor 6, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8768?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-8768 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.