What is CVE-2019-5138?

CVE-2019-5138 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2020-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-5138?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

RCE in Moxa Awk-3131a

CVE-2019-5138

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in encrypted diagnostic script functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted diagnostic script file can cause arbitrary busybox commands to be executed…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.054 (91.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Moxa Awk-3131a
Moxa Awk-3131a_firmware — versions 1.13
N/a Moxa — versions Moxa AWK-3131A Firmware version 1.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5138?: CVE-2019-5138 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2020-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-5138?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.