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Improper Authentication

CVE-2020-5686

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

Incorrect implementation of authentication algorithm issue in UNIVERGE SV9500 series from V1 to V7and SV8500 series from S6 to S8 allows an attacker to access the remote system maintenance feature and obtain the information by sending a specially crafted request to a specific URL.

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

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