CVE-2016-5065 describes a critical command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) affecting Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices running ALEOS firmware version 4.3.2. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the Embedded_Ace_Set_Task.cgi component. With a CVSS score of 9.8, the vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:aleos_firmware:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.