THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-6551
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-6551

Fax Ata vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Pangea Communications Internet FAX ATA all Versions 3.1.8 and prior allow an attacker to bypass user authentication using a specially crafted URL to cause the device to reboot, which may be used to cause a continual denial-of-service condition.
Affected vendor
Pangea Comm
Affected product
Fax Ata
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path
  • CWE-425 — Direct Request (Forced Browsing)
Published
2019-02-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-6551

  • Confirm whether Pangea Comm Fax Ata is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-6551.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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