# CVE-2015-8085: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can obtain and decrypt passwords due to the use of a reversible encryption algorithm in Huawei routers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8cgg-hm22-rfwq

## What is CVE-2015-8085?

CVE-2015-8085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Huawei AR routers with software before V200R007C00SPC100; Quidway S9300 routers with software before V200R009C00; S12700 routers with software before V200R008C00SPC500; S9300, Quidway S5300, and S5300 routers with software before V200R007C00; and S5700 routers with software before V200R007C00SPC500 make it easier for remote authenticated administrators to obtain and decrypt passwords by leveraging selection of a reversible encryption algorithm.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8085?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Huawei Ar Firmware, Huawei Quidway S5300 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S9300 Firmware, Huawei S12700 Firmware, Huawei S5300 Firmware, Huawei S5700 Firmware, Huawei S9300 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-8085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-8085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-6901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6901/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2015-8086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8086/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2015-8228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8228/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-8085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8085

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