CVE-2014-8359
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Huawei Mobile Partner for Windows 23.009.05.03.1014 allows local users to execute arbitrary code…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Huawei Mobile Partner for Windows 23.009.05.03.1014 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll in the Mobile Partner directory.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Huawei Technologies du Mobile Broadband 16.0 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30477local, windowspublished 24 Dec 2013Not verified
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Timeline
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- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 70671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128767/Huawei-Mobile-Partner-DLL-Hijacking.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-376152.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- huawei-mobile-cve20148359-code-exec(97682) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/escalating-local-privileges-using-mobile-partner/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8196 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-8359)Record last updated .