An Improper Authorization issue was discovered in Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE, all versions prior to 4.0.14, and AirLink Raven XT, all…

published 2017-06-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15112

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.3%; EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

An Improper Authorization issue was discovered in Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE, all versions prior to 4.0.14, and AirLink Raven XT, all versions prior to 4.0.11. Several files and directories can be accessed without authentication, which may allow a remote attacker to perform sensitive functions including arbitrary file upload, file download, and device reboot.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-115-02 updated 2017-04-25 cvss 10.0

Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE and XT

Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE < 4.0.14 Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XT < 4.0.11
affected: mitigation “Sierra Wireless's Raven XE firmware Version 4.0.14” source.sierrawireless.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven XE and XT

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-17-115-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource, vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/98036
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-6044
NVD CVE-2017-6044

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Summary