Critical severity · published Apr 11, 2018
CVE-2017-14459
An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the Telnet, SSH, and console login functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless…
9.8
CVSS
12.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the Telnet, SSH, and console login functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client in firmware versions 1.4 to 1.7 (current). An attacker can inject commands via the username parameter of several services (SSH, Telnet, console), resulting in remote, unauthenticated, root-level operating system command execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Awk-3131a Firmware · Moxa
1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14459
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14459
Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0507
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