CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2780

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-2780 in Huawei UTPS before UTPS-V200R003B015D15SP00C983 has an untrusted search path vulnerability. This allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk to organizations as local users can exploit it to run malicious code, potentially leading to data loss or system takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Huawei UTPS to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement appropriate security measures to restrict local user access to the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Huawei UTPS before UTPS-V200R003B015D15SP00C983 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS