Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5136 - Unspecified vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131A Firmware 1.13
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 | |
| Hardware | 1 |
Saint
| description | Moxa AWK-3131A iw_console privilege escalation vulnerability |
| title | moxa_iw_console_privilege_escalation |
| type | remote |
Talos
| id | TALOS-2019-0925 |
| last seen | 2020-02-27 |
| published | 2020-02-24 |
| reporter | Talos Intelligence |
| source | http://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0925 |
| title | Moxa AWK-3131A iw_console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |