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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-6670

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

Huawei S7700, S9300, S9700, and S12700 devices with software before V200R008C00SPC500 use random numbers with insufficient entropy to generate self-signed certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover private keys by leveraging knowledge of a certificate.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published