CVE-2016-5071
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.
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 ListNo 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-2016-6024No 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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5071 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 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.