Improper Authentication in Moxa products - CVE-2019-6563

 

Improper Authentication in Moxa products - CVE-2019-6563

Published: February 26, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17870
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6563
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Moxa
Affected software:
Moxa EDS-510A
Moxa EDS-408A
Moxa EDS-405A

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to authentication cookie is based on MD5 hash of the password. A remote attacker with ability to perform MitM attack can obtain the cookie and recover administrator's password.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-6563

Request updates from vendor's technical support.

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