What is CVE-2016-4500?

CVE-2016-4500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moxa Uc-7408 Lx-Plus, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2016-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-4500?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moxa Uc-7408 Lx-Plus

CVE-2016-4500

Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.

Published 2016-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-152-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4500?: CVE-2016-4500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moxa Uc-7408 Lx-Plus, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2016-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-4500?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.