CVE-2018-4072

HIGH

Sierrawireless Airlink Es450 Firmware - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule

Description

An exploitable Permission Assignment vulnerability exists in the ACEManager EmbeddedAceSet_Task.cgi functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. The EmbeddedAceSet_Task.cgi executable is used to change MSCII configuration values within the configuration manager of the AirLink ES450. 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_Set_Task.cgi endpoint.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0756

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.3626

EPSS Percentile 97.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-732

Status published

Products (1)

sierrawireless/airlink_es450_firmware 4.9.3

Published May 06, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026