CVE-2017-8119 describes a critical privilege elevation vulnerability affecting Huawei UMA products running software versions V200R001 and V300R001. This flaw, stemming from insufficient parameter validation (CWE-20), allows an unauthenticated attacker to craft specific network packets to gain full control over the affected system, as indicated by its CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (Critical) with a network attack vector and low complexity. Despite its high severity and potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
v200r001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:huawei:uma:v200r001:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v300r001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:huawei:uma:v300r001:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.