CVE-2016-5066 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.

Published: 2017-04-10

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:aleos_firmware:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:gx_440:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6019	Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://carvesystems.com/sierra-wireless-2016-advisory.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sierrawireless Aleos Firmware Gx 440

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-04-10T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.286Z

Reserved: 2016-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5066

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-10T03:59:01.607

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5066

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-255

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