CVE-2016-7108
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 Unified Maintenance Audit (UMA) before V200R001C00SPC200 SPH206 allows remote authenticated users to obtain the MD5 hashes of arbitrary user passwords via unspecified vectors.
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 · moderate confidenceHuawei Unified Maintenance Audit (UMA) before V200R001C00SPC200 SPH206 contains an information disclosure vulnerability allowing remote authenticated users to obtain MD5 password hashes of arbitrary user accounts via unspecified vectors. The flaw permits authorized users to access password hash data they should not have visibility into.
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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<= v200r001c00spc200CVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 if Huawei UMA is installedLocate the Huawei Unified Maintenance Audit installation on the system. Check for UMA software components, typically found in the installation directory or through system inventory tools.Affected if Huawei UMA software is present on the system
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Determine the installed version of Huawei UMAAccess the Huawei UMA administrative interface or use the software version check command provided in the product documentation. The version is usually displayed in the about section of the management console or can be retrieved via command line if available.Affected if The version number returned is v200r001c00spc200 or any version prior to it
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Verify remote authentication is enabledCheck the Huawei UMA configuration settings to determine if remote authentication (such as LDAP, RADIUS, or local user accounts) is enabled and accessible over the network.Affected if Remote authentication is configured and accessible, allowing users to log in to the system
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Check user account access controlsExamine the user privilege assignments within Huawei UMA to understand which authenticated users can access user management or account information screens.Affected if Authenticated users with standard privileges can access interfaces that display other user account details or password hash information
The environment is affected if Huawei Unified Maintenance Audit is installed at version v200r001c00spc200 or earlier and remote authentication is enabled, allowing any authenticated user to view password hashes of other accounts.
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 to Huawei UMA V200R001C00SPC200 SPH206 or later to remediate. Since MD5 is cryptographically weak, consider implementing additional controls such as network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, and enforcing strong password policies to mitigate rainbow table attacks until the patch is applied.
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