CVE-2016-5066
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser,...
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.
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 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.
- Record
CVE-2016-5066- 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
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.
- Record
CVE-2016-5066- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6019 No score
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6019- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6j4c-8497-9cm2
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser,...
Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices with ALEOS firmware 4.3.2 have weak passwords for admin, rauser, sconsole, and user.
- Record
GHSA-6j4c-8497-9cm2- 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-2016-5066 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 1.84%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.