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Improper Authentication

CVE-2020-1864

High
8.1/10

Summary

Some Huawei products have a security vulnerability due to improper authentication. A remote attacker needs to obtain some information and forge the peer device to send specific packets to the affected device. Due to the improper implementation of the authentication function, attackers can exploit the vulnerability to connect to affected devices and execute a series of commands.Affected product versions include:Secospace AntiDDoS8000 versions V500R001C00,V500R001C20,V500R001C60,V500R005C00.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • 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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