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CVE-2016-2404

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Huawei switches S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 with software V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; S12700 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; ACU2 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00 have a permission control vulnerability. If a switch enables Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) for permission control and user permissions are not appropriate, AAA users may obtain the virtual type terminal (VTY) access permission, resulting in privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Huawei Acu2 Firmware: v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00
• Huawei S12700 Firmware: v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00
• Huawei S5700 Firmware: v200r001c00spc300, v200r002c00spc100, v200r003c00spc300, v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00
• Huawei S6700 Firmware: v200r001c00spc300, v200r002c00spc100, v200r003c00spc300, v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00
• Huawei S7700 Firmware: v200r001c00spc300, v200r002c00spc100, v200r003c00spc300, v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00
• Huawei S9700 Firmware: v200r001c00spc300, v200r002c00spc100, v200r003c00spc300, v200r005c00spc500, v200r006c00

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en

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