Vulnerability in Huawei Honor Phones: PXN Defense Mechanism Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability in Huawei Honor Phones: PXN Defense Mechanism Bypass and Privilege Escalation

CVE-2016-8768 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.

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