ICSA-21-278-03
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2021-10-05 00:00
Modified
2021-10-05 00:00
Summary
Moxa MXview Network Management Software

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
Legal Notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to create or overwrite critical files to execute code, gain access to the program, obtain credentials, disable the software, read and modify otherwise inaccessible data, allow remote connections to internal communication channels, or interact and use MQTT remotely.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Transportation Systems
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Taiwan
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies. Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.


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          "Noam Moshe"
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        "summary": "reporting these vulnerabilities to Moxa"
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      },
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected product is vulnerable to improper neutralization of special elements, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute unauthorized commands. This could allow an attacker to disable software or read and modify otherwise inaccessible data.CVE-2021-38458 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
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        {
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        {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2021-38454",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-284",
        "name": "Improper Access Control"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected product has a misconfigured service that allows remote connections to internal communication channels, which may allow an attacker to interact and use MQTT remotely.CVE-2021-38454 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
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}


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