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Improper Authentication

CVE-2020-1789

Severity Medium
Score 6.8/10

Summary

Huawei OSCA-550, OSCA-550A, OSCA-550AX, and OSCA-550X products with version 1.0.1.21(SP3) have an insufficient authentication vulnerability. The software does not require a strong credential when the user trying to do certain operations. Successful exploit could allow an attacker to pass the authentication and do certain operations by a weak credential.

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • 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