CVE-2016-8801
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 OceanStor 5600 V3 with V300R003C00C10 and earlier versions allows attackers with administrator privilege to inject a command into a specific command's parameters, and run this injected command with root privilege.
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 confidenceThe vulnerability is a command injection/privilege escalation issue in Huawei OceanStor 5600 V3 storage systems running V300R003C00C10 or earlier. An authenticated administrator user can inject arbitrary OS commands through parameters of a specific administrative command, which executes with root (UID 0) privileges, allowing full system compromise.
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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<= v300r003c00c10CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 storage system modelAccess the storage system management interface or use CLI command 'show system' to confirm the device model is OceanStor 5600 V3Affected if Device model is OceanStor 5600 V3
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Check the installed firmware versionUse the administrative CLI or web interface to view the firmware version. Common command is 'show version' or check System > Maintenance > Version in the GUIAffected if Firmware version is V300R003C00C10 or any version number that is lexicographically earlier (e.g., V300R003C00C09, V300R003C00C05)
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Verify administrative access exposureReview network access controls and check if the storage management interface (typically ports 8088, 8443, or SSH port 22) is accessible from untrusted networks or VLANsAffected if Administrative interface is reachable from networks with untrusted or unknown users
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Audit administrator accountsList all administrator accounts in the system using 'show admin' CLI command or via the management GUI under User ManagementAffected if Unexpected or unauthorized administrator accounts exist, or if the default admin password is unchanged
The environment is affected if the device is an OceanStor 5600 V3 running firmware version V300R003C00C10 or earlier AND the administrative interface is accessible to untrusted users.
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 a Huawei-patched version beyond V300R003C00C10. If immediate patching is not feasible, strictly limit administrative access to trusted personnel only and apply network segmentation to the storage management interface.
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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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