What is CVE-2016-8803?

CVE-2016-8803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionstorage, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-8803?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Fusionstorage

CVE-2016-8803

The maintenance module in Huawei FusionStorage V100R003C30U1 allows attackers to create documents according to special rules to obtain the OS root privilege of FusionStorage.

Published 2017-04-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Fusionstorage — versions v100r003c30u1
Fusionstorage V100r003c30u1 — versions FusionStorage V100R003C30U1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161123-01-fusionstorage… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94507 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8803?: CVE-2016-8803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Fusionstorage, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-8803?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.