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Moxa, a company specializing in industrial networking and communication solutions, announced that its cellular routers, secure routers, and... The post Moxa finds privilege escalation, OS command injection flaws in cellular routers, network security appliances appeared first on Industrial Cyber.
Analysis Summary
# Vulnerability: Moxa Privilege Escalation and OS Command Injection Flaws
## CVE Details
**Note:** The provided text details two separate vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-9138 and CVE-2024-9140), but only provides full scoring for CVE-2024-9138.
- CVE ID: CVE-2024-9138 (Privilege Escalation)
- CVSS Score: 7.2 (CVSS 3.1) / 8.6 (CVSS 4.0) (Severity assessment based on provided scores, likely High)
- CWE: Not explicitly stated, but implied related to Authentication/Authorization issues (for CVE-2024-9138) and Injection (for CVE-2024-9140).
## Affected Systems
- Products: Moxa cellular routers, secure routers, and network security devices.
- Versions: Vulnerable versions are not specified in the provided text.
- Configurations: Not specified.
## Vulnerability Description
The summary covers two distinct critical vulnerabilities:
1. **CVE-2024-9138 (Privilege Escalation):** This flaw is due to the presence of **hard-coded credentials**. An authenticated user can exploit this weakness to escalate privileges up to root-level access on the system.
2. **CVE-2024-9140 (OS Command Injection):** This vulnerability **allows attackers to exploit** the affected devices, likely enabling the execution of arbitrary operating system commands.
## Exploitation
- Status: Not explicitly stated if exploited in the wild, but the flaws are described as having a "significant security risk" due to their "critical nature." PoC availability is not mentioned.
- Complexity: Not rated, but privilege escalation via hard-coded credentials for an authenticated user suggests **Low to Medium** complexity for the first flaw.
- Attack Vector: Not explicitly stated, but command injection and privilege escalation vulnerabilities often require **Network** access after initial authentication.
## Impact
- Confidentiality: Likely High (Root access can lead to full data exposure).
- Integrity: Likely High (Root access allows unauthorized modifications).
- Availability: Likely High (Root access can lead to service disruption/denial of service).
## Remediation
### Patches
- Moxa has developed appropriate solutions/patches to address these weaknesses. *Specific patch names or versions were not detailed in the source text.*
### Workarounds
- No specific workarounds were detailed in the provided text.
## Detection
- **Indicators of Compromise (IOCs):** Not specified.
- **Detection Methods and Tools:** Not specified, but standard network monitoring should look for unusual activity tied to credentials or command execution strings if those are part of the injection vectors.
## References
- Vendor Advisories: Implied release by Moxa regarding cellular routers, secure routers, and network security devices.
- Relevant Links:
- Source Article: hxxps://industrialcyber[.]co/ [...] moxa-finds-privilege-escalation-os-command-injection-flaws-in-cellular-routers-network-security-appliances/