CVE-2018-7949 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the iBMC of certain Huawei servers. A remote attacker can exploit improper authentication design by sending specially crafted login messages, allowing low-privileged users to gain or modify passwords of highly privileged users. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current exploitation status.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
100r005c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:1288h_v5_firmware:100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
100r005c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:2288h_v5_firmware:100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
100r005c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:2488_v5_firmware:100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
100r001c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ch121_v3_firmware:100r001c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
100r001c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ch121l_v3_firmware:100r001c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.