CVE-2016-2406
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before...
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before V100R002C05SPC670 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from encrypted documents by leveraging incorrect control of permissions on the PrintScreen button.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before V100R002C05SPC670 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from encrypted documents by leveraging incorrect control of permissions on the PrintScreen button.
- Record
CVE-2016-2406- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-275
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before V100R002C05SPC670 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from encrypted documents by leveraging incorrect control of permissions on the PrintScreen button.
- Record
CVE-2016-2406- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3488 No score
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before V100R002C05SPC670 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from encrypted documents by leveraging incorrect control of permissions on the PrintScreen button.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3488- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v825-395q-5vff
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before...
The permission control module in Huawei Document Security Management (aka DSM) before V100R002C05SPC670 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from encrypted documents by leveraging incorrect control of permissions on the PrintScreen button.
- Record
GHSA-v825-395q-5vff- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2406 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Huawei Document Security Management, published March 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.