CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-14327
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
The installer for the Alcatel OSPREY3_MINI Modem component on EE EE40VB 4G mobile broadband modems with firmware before EE40_00_02.00_45 sets weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for the "Web Connecton\EE40" and "Web Connecton\EE40\BackgroundService" directories, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by inserting a Trojan horse ServiceManager.exe file into the "Web Connecton\EE40\BackgroundService" directory.
Affected configurations
• ee ee40vb firmware (< ee40 00 02.00 45)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- http://blog.zerodaylab.com/2018/09/zerodaylab-discovers-ee-unquoted.html Exploit, Patch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149492/EE-4GEE-Mini-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105385 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://osandamalith.com/2018/09/17/ee-4gee-mini-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2018-14327/ Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45501/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.zerodaylab.com/2018/09/zerodaylab-discovers-ee-unquoted.html Exploit, Patch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149492/EE-4GEE-Mini-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105385 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://osandamalith.com/2018/09/17/ee-4gee-mini-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2018-14327/ Exploit, Patch, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45501/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry