Huawei switches S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 with software V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R0…

published 2017-04-02 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3486

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

Huawei switches S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 with software V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; S12700 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00; ACU2 with software V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00 have a permission control vulnerability. If a switch enables Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) for permission control and user permissions are not appropriate, AAA users may obtain the virtual type terminal (VTY) access permission, resulting in privilege escalation.

Exploit prediction

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700,S12700,ACU2,, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 V200R001C00SPC300, V200R002C00SPC100, V200R003C00SPC300, V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00,,S12700 V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00,,ACU2 V200R005C00SPC500, V200R006C00,

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160217-01-switch-en
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-2404
NVD CVE-2016-2404

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Summary