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CVE-2016-2404

Published: Apr 2, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

huawei
commercial·CNaka honor, huawei technologies
s5700 firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
s6700 firmwareOn-premFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
s7700 firmwareFirmware
Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
s9700 firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware / network-adapter
s12700 firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware
acu2 firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware / bios-uefi
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en
huawei.com

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