Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Moxa EDR-810 - CVE-2017-12123
Published: April 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11871
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12123
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists in the web server and telnet functionality due to clear text transmission of password. A remote attacker can look at network traffic to get the admin password for the device, use the credentials to login as admin and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists in the web server and telnet functionality due to clear text transmission of password. A remote attacker can look at network traffic to get the admin password for the device, use the credentials to login as admin and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
Moxa EDR-810
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12123
Update to version 4.2.