CVE-2016-5070
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
- Record
CVE-2016-5070- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
- Record
CVE-2016-5070- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6023 No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6023- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr6x-223j-4rm4
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 store passwords in cleartext.
- Record
GHSA-wr6x-223j-4rm4- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5070 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Sierrawireless Aleos Firmware, published April 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.