Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, lacks authentication to access certain pages

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• hughes dw7000 firmware6.9.0.34
• hughes hn7000s firmware6.9.0.34
• hughes hn7000sm firmware6.9.0.34
• hughes hn7740s firmware6.9.0.34

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (certcc). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Hughes Satellite Modem DW7000

  • N/Aunknown

• Hughes Satellite Modem HN7000S/SM

  • N/Aunknown

• Hughes Satellite Modem HN7740S

  • N/Aunknown

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-9497Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, is vulnerable to an authentication bypass using an alternate path or chann
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• CVE-2016-9495Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, uses hard coded credentials
  35Monitor
• CVE-2016-9494Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, are potentially vulnerable to improper input validation, potentially leadi
  26Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1// Added for the support team2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {2  app.post(3    "/maintenance/reset",4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice5  );6}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.