CVE-2016-8717

An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0231	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-04-02 17:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2016-8717

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8717

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8717

JSON object : View

Products Affected

moxa

awk-3131a
awk-3131a_firmware

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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