What is CVE-2019-5253?

CVE-2019-5253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei E5572-855, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-5253?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei E5572-855

CVE-2019-5253

E5572-855 with versions earlier than 8.0.1.3(H335SP1C233) has an improper authentication vulnerability. The device does not perform a sufficient authentication when doing certain operations, successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the device to reboot after launch a man in the middle attack.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei E5572-855
Huawei E5572-855_firmware
N/a E5572-855 — versions Versions earlier than 8.0.1.3(H335SP1C233)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5253?: CVE-2019-5253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei E5572-855, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-5253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.