CVE-2017-6044 is a critical improper authorization vulnerability affecting Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE (all versions prior to 4.0.14) and AirLink Raven XT (all versions prior to 4.0.11) devices. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive files and directories, enabling arbitrary file upload, download, and device reboot. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= -CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sierra_wireless:airlink_raven_xe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sierra_wireless:airlink_raven_xt_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.