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.
EPSS: 0.001 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- N/a 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
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@huawei.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
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.