CVE-2016-2855

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 39.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-05-23 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6fdd521dbaa724f7f9c89ab060bc57bd6de59da7816c79ec4e55bcaf817c5107

• seclists.org20160512 Huawei Mobile Broadband HL Service Local Privilege Escalationhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/34mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• bogner.shhttps://bogner.sh/2016/05/cve-2016-2855-huawei-mobile-broadband-hl-service-local-privilege-escalation/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137025/Huawei-Mobile-Broadband-HL-Service-22.001.25.00.03-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtjE2PmEJUx_refsource_MISC