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CVE-2016-9496

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

N/A
Published: July 13, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
8 products affected across 1 vendorHN7000S FirmwareDW7000 FirmwareHN7740S Firmware

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, lacks authentication. An unauthenticated user may send an HTTP GET request to http://[ip]/com/gatewayreset or http://[ip]/cgi/reboot.bin to cause the modem to reboot.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

DW7000 Firmware· Hughes
95%
6.9.0.34
hughes-dw7000 (same device)
HN7000S Firmware· Hughes
95%
6.9.0.34
hughes-hn7000s (same device)
HN7000SM Firmware· Hughes
95%
6.9.0.34
hughes-hn7000sm (same device)
HN7740S Firmware· Hughes
95%
6.9.0.34
hughes-hn7740s (same device)
Dw7000· Hughesdevice
80%
All versions
Hn7000S· Hughesdevice
80%
All versions
Hn7000Sm· Hughesdevice
80%
All versions
Hn7740S· Hughesdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/614751
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96244

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306

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