CVE-2022-32203
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 · uneditedThere is a command injection vulnerability in Huawei terminal printer product. Successful exploitation could result in the highest privileges of the printer. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2022-51773) This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-32203.
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 confidenceThis is a command injection vulnerability in Huawei terminal printer products that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the device, potentially achieving the highest privileges (root/administrator) due to insufficient input validation in user-supplied data that gets passed to system shell commands.
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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= 01.70.49.29.46CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 device modelCheck the physical device label or access the printer's web management interface to confirm the model is Huawei Cv81 WdmAffected if The device is a Huawei Cv81 Wdm terminal printer
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Check the installed firmware versionAccess the printer admin panel or use SNMP/CLI to query the firmware version. Common paths: Web UI typically under 'Device Information' or 'System Status', or via SNMP OID for firmware version, or serial console with 'show version' commandAffected if Firmware version equals exactly 01.70.49.29.46
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Verify remote management accessibilityCheck if the printer's web-based management interface (typically HTTP/HTTPS on ports 80/443 or custom ports) is exposed to untrusted networks. Use 'netstat' or port scanner to list open management ports reachable from outside local subnetAffected if HTTP/HTTPS management interface is reachable from untrusted networks without network segmentation
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Check for unexpected processes or scheduled tasksIf CLI access is available, run 'ps' or check /var/spool/cron for suspicious scheduled tasks that may indicate command injection has been exploitedAffected if Unexpected processes running or unfamiliar commands in scheduled tasks
If the device is a Huawei Cv81 Wdm printer with firmware version 01.70.49.29.46 and has its management interface exposed to the network, it is affected by this vulnerability.
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 dataApply vendor-supplied firmware patches from Huawei (refer to HWPSIRT-2022-51773) as soon as available; until then, restrict network access to printers and disable unnecessary services.
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