CVE-2016-8768 describes a vulnerability in Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, and Honor 7 phones running software versions prior to 6.9.16. An attacker could exploit this by invoking specific drive code to disable the PXN defense mechanism, potentially leading to system crashes or privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_plus_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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