What is CVE-2016-5065?

CVE-2016-5065 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos Firmware, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-5065?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5065 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Sierrawireless Aleos Firmware

CVE-2016-5065

Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 allow Embedded_Ace_Set_Task.cgi command injection.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.028 (85.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sierrawireless Aleos_firmware — versions 4.3.2
Sierrawireless Gx_440
N/a Sierra Wireless Gx 440 Devices With Aleos Firmware 4.3.2 — versions Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ivision-research/disclosures

References

cret@cert.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5065?: CVE-2016-5065 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Aleos Firmware, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-5065?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5065 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.