CVE-2019-5136 - An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the iw_console functionality of the Moxa

CVE-2019-5136

Summary

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the iw_console functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted menu selection string can cause an escape from the restricted console, resulting in system access as the root user. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0925

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	9.0 (as of 13-06-2022 - 20:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	SINGLE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

misc

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0925

saint via4

description	Moxa AWK-3131A iw_console privilege escalation vulnerability
title	moxa_iw_console_privilege_escalation
type	remote

Last major update

13-06-2022 - 20:15

Published

25-02-2020 - 16:15

Last modified

13-06-2022 - 20:15