Auth bypass in Huawei 1288h V5
CVE-2018-7949
The iBMC (Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller) of some Huawei servers have a privilege escalation vulnerability. A remote attacker may send some specially crafted login messages to the affected products. Due to improper authentication design, successful exploit enables low privileged users to get or modify passwords of highly privileged users.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei 1288h V5
- Huawei 1288h V5 Firmware — versions 100r005c00
- Huawei 2288h V5
- Huawei 2288h V5 Firmware — versions 100r005c00
- Huawei 2488 V5
- Huawei 2488 V5 Firmware — versions 100r005c00
- Huawei Ch121l V3
- Huawei Ch121l V3 Firmware — versions 100r001c00
- Huawei Ch121l V5
- Huawei Ch121l V5 Firmware — versions 100r001c00
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-7949?
- CVE-2018-7949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei 1288h V5, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-01.
- How severe is CVE-2018-7949?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.