What is CVE-2019-5165?

CVE-2019-5165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-5165?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Moxa Awk-3131a

CVE-2019-5165

An exploitable authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the hostname processing of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially configured device hostname can cause the device to interpret select remote traffic as local traff…

EPSS: 0.022 (80.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5165?: CVE-2019-5165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-5165?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.