CVE-2015-8332
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHuawei Video Content Management (VCM) before V100R001C10SPC001 does not properly "authenticate online user identities and privileges," which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and perform a case operation as another user via a crafted message, aka "Horizontal Privilege Escalation Vulnerability."
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHuawei Video Content Management (VCM) versions prior to V100R001C10SPC001 contain a horizontal privilege escalation vulnerability where the system fails to properly validate authenticated user identities and their associated privileges. An authenticated remote attacker can craft specific messages to impersonate other users and perform case operations outside their authorized scope.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= v100r001c10b010<= v100r001c10b010CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the Huawei VCM product modelAccess the VCM admin interface or check system information to confirm whether the device is Vcm5010 or Vcm5020Affected if Product model is Vcm5010 or Vcm5020 and version is unknown or <= v100r001c10b010
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Check the installed firmware versionNavigate to the VCM system settings or use the command line interface (if available) to retrieve the firmware version stringAffected if Firmware version is v100r001c10b010 or any earlier version (version number is less than or equal to v100r001c10b010)
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Verify remote authentication is enabledConfirm that the VCM system allows remote user authentication (check network access settings and authentication configuration)Affected if Remote authenticated access is permitted and the firmware version is <= v100r001c10b010
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Review access logs for cross-user anomaliesExamine VCM audit or access logs for any entries showing user A performing actions as user B, or operations outside expected privilege boundariesAffected if Logs contain evidence of unauthorized cross-user operations and the firmware is unpatched
A system is affected if it runs Huawei Vcm5010 or Vcm5020 firmware at version v100r001c10b010 or earlier and accepts authenticated remote connections.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Huawei VCM to version V100R001C10SPC001 or later. Review access logs for unauthorized cross-user operations performed prior to patching, and enforce stricter session validation controls.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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