CVE-2016-2404
HIGHHuawei S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, S12700, ACU2 - Privilege Escalation via AAA Permission Control
Title source: llmDescription
Huawei switches S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 with software V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; S12700 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; ACU2 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00 have a permission control vulnerability. If a switch enables Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) for permission control and user permissions are not appropriate, AAA users may obtain the virtual type terminal (VTY) access permission, resulting in privilege escalation.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (25)
huawei/acu2_firmware
v200r005c00spc500
huawei/acu2_firmware
v200r006c00
huawei/s12700_firmware
v200r005c00spc500
huawei/s12700_firmware
v200r006c00
huawei/s5700_firmware
v200r001c00spc300
huawei/s5700_firmware
v200r002c00spc100
huawei/s5700_firmware
v200r003c00spc300
huawei/s5700_firmware
v200r005c00spc500
huawei/s5700_firmware
v200r006c00
huawei/s6700_firmware
v200r001c00spc300
... and 15 more
Published
Apr 02, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026