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CVE-2016-8798

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Huawei USG5500 with software V300R001C00 and V300R001C00 allows attackers to bypass the anti-DDoS module of the USGs to cause a denial of service condition on the backend server.

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)

Huawei — Usg5500 Firmware

CWEs

References

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