Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9496

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.

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Affected products

Hughes/HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SMllm-create
Hughes Satellite Modem/Hn7740sv5
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Hughes Satellite Modem/Dw7000v5
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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/614751nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96244nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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