CVE-2016-2855 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei Mobile Broadband HL Service versions 22.001.25.00.03 and earlier. A weak Access Control List (ACL) on the MobileBrServ program data directory allows a local attacker to modify the VERSION.dll file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, leading to SYSTEM privileges. Despite its high severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 22.001.25.00.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:huawei:mobile_broadband_hl_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.