VDB-246855 · CVE-2023-40460 · swi-psa-2023-006

Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.9.8/4.16 unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.9.8/4.16. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-40460. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.9.8/4.16. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 12/05/2023 as swi-psa-2023-006. It is possible to read the advisory at source.sierrawireless.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40460 since 08/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/23/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Sierra Wireless

Name

ALEOS

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/14/2023 🔍
12/05/2023 +113 days 🔍
12/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/23/2023 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: swi-psa-2023-006
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246855

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2023 08:30
Updated: 12/23/2023 14:21
Changes: 12/05/2023 08:30 (45), 12/23/2023 14:20 (1), 12/23/2023 14:21 (12)
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