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
EPSS: 0.011 (62.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
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.