Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei PCManager - CVE-2021-40046
Published: February 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60592
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40046
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker on the local network to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a module fails to fully verify external input, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Huawei PCManager
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40046
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei PCManager - update to 12.0.1.20（SP1)