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Improper Authentication

CVE-2019-5253

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

E5572-855 with versions earlier than 8.0.1.3(H335SP1C233) has an improper authentication vulnerability. The device does not perform a sufficient authentication when doing certain operations, successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the device to reboot after launch a man in the middle attack.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published