CVE-2016-5071
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application...
CVE-2016-5071 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) 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 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application as root.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 execute the management web application as root.
- Record
CVE-2016-5071- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application as root.
- Record
CVE-2016-5071- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6024 No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application as root.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6024- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j4v3-45w4-p3w3
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application...
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 execute the management web application as root.
- Record
GHSA-j4v3-45w4-p3w3- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |