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CVE-2016-8769

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8769 describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in Huawei UTPS firmware versions earlier than UTPS-V200R003B015D16SPC00C983. This flaw allows an attacker to place a malicious executable in the service's search path, potentially leading to privilege escalation when the service starts. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges for exploitation but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-40807) exists, indicating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= v200r003b015d15sp00c983CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:utps_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40807 · Nov 22, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/40807
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-utps-en
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94403
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-geek.in / 2017/02/07/0day-discovery-system-level-access-by-privilege-escalation-of-huawei-manufactured-airtel-photon-dongles
Third Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed