Lack of input sanitization in UpdateRebootMgr service of ALEOS 4.11 and later allow an escalation to root from a low-privilege process.
- Published
- Oct 6, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 38th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
31
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| sierrawireless | aleos | cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:aleos |
| sierrawireless | airlink es440 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_es440 |
| sierrawireless | airlink es450 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_es450 |
| sierrawireless | airlink gx400 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_gx400 |
| sierrawireless | airlink gx440 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_gx440 |
| sierrawireless | airlink gx450 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_gx450 |
| sierrawireless | airlink ls300 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_ls300 |
| sierrawireless | airlink lx40 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_lx40 |
| sierrawireless | airlink lx60 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_lx60 |
| sierrawireless | airlink mp70 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_mp70 |
| sierrawireless | airlink mp70e | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_mp70e |
| sierrawireless | airlink rv50 | cpe:2.3:h:sierrawireless:airlink_rv50 |
and 2 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- sierrawireless aleos4.11.0 and later · before 4.14.0
Same product
sierrawireless: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2020-8782ALEOS LAN-Side RPC Service Remote Code Execution40Plan
- CVE-2018-10251A vulnerability in Sierra Wireless AirLink GX400, GX440, ES440, and LS300 routers with firmware before 4.4.7 and GX450, ES450, RV50, RV50X, 40Plan
- CVE-2019-11851The ACENet service in Sierra Wireless ALEOS before 4.4.9, 4.5.x through 4.9.x before 4.9.5, and 4.10.x through 4.13.x before 4.14.0 allows r39Monitor
- CVE-2019-11855ALEOS LAN-Side RPC Server39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.