CVE-2016-9496 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-9496

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

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Hughes Satellite Modem

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Affected Software

HN7740S, DW7000, HN7000S/SM
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: July 13th, 2018
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)