CVE-2016-5068 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Sierra Wireless GX 440 devices running ALEOS firmware 4.3.2, allowing unauthenticated access to Embedded_Ace_Get_Task.cgi requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk, enabling remote attackers to achieve complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public 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.