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CVE-2016-5066

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Sierrawireless — Aleos Firmware

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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