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High severity · published Feb 5, 2018
CVE-2018-5797
An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is an Smint_encrypt Hardcoded AES Key that can be used for packet decryption (obtaining cleartext credentials) by an attacker who has access to a wired port.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EW
Extremewireless Wing · Extremenetworks
5.0 before 5.8.6.9; 5.9.0 before 5.9.1.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
EW
Extremewireless Wing
Extremenetworks
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5797
Mitigation
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003
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