CVE-2016-2404
What it is
Huawei switches S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 with software V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; S12700 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; ACU2 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00 have a permission control vulnerability. If a switch enables Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) for permission control and user permissions are not appropriate, AAA users may obtain the virtual type terminal (VTY) access permission, resulting in privilege escalation.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Huawei s5700 Firmware v200r001c00spc300
- Huawei s5700 Firmware v200r002c00spc100
- Huawei s5700 Firmware v200r003c00spc300
- Huawei s5700 Firmware v200r005c00spc500
- Huawei s5700 Firmware v200r006c00
- Huawei s6700 Firmware v200r001c00spc300
- Huawei s6700 Firmware v200r002c00spc100
- Huawei s6700 Firmware v200r003c00spc300
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en