CVE-2019-5136

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - talos-cna@cisco.com

Published

2020-02-25

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Awk-3131a Firmware (Moxa)

References

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