CVE-2019-5232
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThere is a use of insufficiently random values vulnerability in Huawei ViewPoint products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can guess information by a large number of attempts. Successful exploitation may cause information leak.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceInsufficient randomness vulnerability in Huawei ViewPoint products allows unauthenticated remote attackers to guess security-critical values (e.g., session IDs, tokens, passwords) through brute-force attempts due to predictable or low-entropy random number generation, leading to information disclosure.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= v500r002c00= v500r002c10= v500r002c00= v500r002c10= v500r002c00= v500r002c10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the ViewPoint device modelAccess the device management interface or check the device label to confirm the exact model number (Vp9630, Vp9650, or Vp9660)Affected if The device model is not one of Vp9630, Vp9650, or Vp9660 (if different model, the specific CVE may not apply)
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Check the installed firmware versionAccess the device administration panel, typically via web UI or CLI command such as 'display version' or 'system version', and note the exact firmware build stringAffected if The firmware version is exactly v500r002c00 or v500r002c10 (these are the only affected versions listed)
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Verify network exposure of the management interfaceReview firewall rules, ACLs, and network segmentation to determine if the device web/management interface is reachable from untrusted networks or the public internetAffected if The management interface is directly exposed to untrusted networks, enabling remote attackers to attempt brute-force attacks against login or session endpoints
You are affected if your device is a Vp9630, Vp9650, or Vp9660 running firmware v500r002c00 or v500r002c10, and the management interface is accessible to potential attackers on a network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Huawei security patches for ViewPoint when available; prior to patch deployment, implement rate limiting, account lockout policies, and additional authentication layers to reduce the attack surface for brute-force guessing attempts.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-5232 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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