HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-4070

Airlink Es450 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
18.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
An exploitable Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the ACEManager EmbeddedAceGet_Task.cgi functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. This binary does not have any restricted configuration settings, so once the MSCIID is discovered, any authenticated user can send configuration changes using the /cgi-bin/Embedded_Ace_Get_Task.cgi endpoint.
Affected vendor
Sierrawireless
Affected product
Airlink Es450 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2019-05-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-4070

  • Confirm whether Sierrawireless Airlink Es450 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-4070.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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