Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid Acer service account credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to summary service API
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ExploitEnumerate or guess hardware serial numbers of other devices
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ExecutionSubmit crafted requests to summary endpoint with arbitrary serial numbers
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PersistReceive device data for unowned hardware
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ImpactScrape telemetry across user population at scale
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must hold a valid authenticated account on the Acer Connect M6E summary service (PR:L per CVSS vector) - unauthenticated exploitation is not supported by available data. Once authenticated, no special device configuration, non-default settings, or elevated privileges are required; the IDOR exists in the default API behavior for all versions covered by the wildcard CPE. The attack is fully network-accessible (AV:N) with no user interaction (UI:N) and low complexity (AC:L). The primary limiting factor is the ability to obtain or enumerate valid hardware serial numbers of other devices; consumer hardware serial numbers are frequently predictable or follow enumerable patterns, reducing this barrier significantly. Exploitation is constrained to device data retrieval - the CVSS vector indicates low integrity (VI:L) and availability (VA:L) impact rather than full system compromise or code execution. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (Medium) is broadly consistent with the described impact: authenticated network exploitation with low complexity, no user interaction, and limited per-device impact. The CVSS vector assigns PR:L, confirming an authenticated session is required, which excludes unauthenticated threat actors and limits opportunistic mass exploitation. However, the VC:N assignment (no confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system) is notably inconsistent with the described behavior of exposing device data belonging to other users - this conflict should be verified with Acer, as the score may understate information disclosure risk. No EPSS score was provided in available data, preventing probabilistic exploitation likelihood assessment. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no confirmed active exploitation. The primary real-world risk is bulk scraping of device telemetry across the Acer Connect M6E user base by any authenticated account holder, particularly if serial numbers follow predictable patterns. This is a moderate-priority finding for Acer's platform team rather than an emergency zero-day scenario for end users. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a valid Acer Connect M6E service account sends crafted requests to the summary service endpoint, substituting their own device's serial number with sequentially guessed or enumerated serial numbers belonging to other devices. Because the endpoint returns data for any valid serial number regardless of ownership, the attacker iterates through the identifier space and collects device telemetry or configuration data for arbitrary devices in the user population. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity and lack of ownership enforcement make manual exploitation straightforward for any authenticated user. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 04, 2026
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router's summary service endpoint allows authenticated remote users to access device data belonging to other users by supplying arbitrary hardware serial numbers the endpoint fails to validate against session ownership. The vulnerability affects all tracked versions per CPE data, requires only a valid authenticated session, and involves no user interaction or special configuration. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
RemediationAI
Consult the Acer community advisory at https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19707 for the official guidance and any released patch. A vendor-released fixed version is not independently confirmed from available data - the CPE wildcard and absence of a cited fix version mean the patch status cannot be verified without reviewing the advisory directly. As compensating controls, the summary service endpoint should enforce server-side validation that the requested serial number is associated with the authenticated user's account before returning data; this is a platform-side fix and is not user-configurable. If direct API access can be restricted, rate-limiting or anomaly detection on serial number lookup frequency per session can reduce bulk enumeration risk, though this does not eliminate the underlying authorization flaw. End users have limited direct mitigation options beyond monitoring for unauthorized access in account activity logs if such logging is offered by Acer.
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The root cause is CWE-639 (Authorization Through User-Controlled Key), a class of IDOR where a user-supplied identifier - in this case a hardware serial number - is used as the sole authorization token without binding it to the authenticated session's ownership record. The affected product is the Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:acer:connect_m6e_5g_portable_wifi_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a consumer-grade mobile hotspot device. The vulnerable 'summary service endpoint' is likely a cloud or web API aggregating device telemetry or configuration data. Because serial numbers on consumer hardware are often predictable, sequential, or structurally enumerable, an attacker can iterate over valid identifiers without requiring prior knowledge of specific victims. The tag 'Authentication Bypass' in the advisory is technically imprecise - authentication itself is not bypassed, but the authorization layer incorrectly treats serial number knowledge as proof of device ownership.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: Acer
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
The summary service endpoint suffers from an IDOR vulnerability where it fails to verify user ownership of hardware serial numbers, exposing device data to scraping.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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