Security Advisory - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Huawei Product

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in some Huawei products. Some files in a directory of a module are located improperly. It does not apply the directory limitation. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious file to launch privilege escalation. This can compromise normal service of affected products. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-00007)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9209.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

<http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20201230-01-pe-en&gt;