8.6
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2024-9138
Moxa Cellular Routers and Network Security Appliances Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Moxa’s cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances are affected by a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2024-9138. This vulnerability involves hard-coded credentials, enabling an authenticated user to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to the system, posing a significant security risk.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 3, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-9138 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Moxa edr-g903_firmware
2 Moxa tn-4900_firmware
3 Moxa edr-g902_firmware
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-9138.

URL Resource
https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-241155-privilege-escalation-and-os-command-injection-vulnerabilities-in-cellular-routers,-secure-routers,-and-netwo
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-9138 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-9138 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-9138 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Moxa PT Switches Vulnerable to CVE-2024-9404 Denial-of-Service Attack

Moxa, a leading provider of industrial networking solutions, has issued a security advisory regarding a critical denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability affecting multiple models of its PT switches. The ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 24, 2025 (6 months ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-12297 (CVSS 9.2): Critical Authorization Vulnerability in Moxa EDS-508A Series

Moxa has issued a security advisory detailing CVE-2024-12297 (CVSS 9.2), a critical vulnerability in its EDS-508A Series Ethernet switches. This flaw, which affects devices running firmware version 3. ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 19, 2025 (7 months ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
Moxa Routers was affected by critical vulnerabilities

IntroductionIn the realm of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities in network devices can have severe consequences, potentially exposing systems to unauthorized access and malicious attacks. Two critical vuln ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 08, 2025 (7 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • The Hacker News
Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers

Vulnerability / Network Security Taiwan-based Moxa has warned of two security vulnerabilities impacting its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances that could allow privilege ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 07, 2025 (7 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Vulnerable Moxa devices expose industrial networks to attacks

Industrial networking and communications provider Moxa is warning of a high-severity and a critical vulnerability that impact various models of its cellular routers, secure routers, and network securi ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 06, 2025 (7 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-43452: PoC Exploit Released for Windows Elevation of Privilege Bug

Security researchers published the technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2024-43452 (CVSS 7.5), a Windows Registry Elevation of Privilege vulnerability. Reported by Mateu ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 06, 2025 (7 months, 2 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-9138 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Moxa’s cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances are affected by a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2024-9138. This vulnerability involves hard-coded credentials, enabling an authenticated user to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to the system, posing a significant security risk.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-656
    Added Reference https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-241155-privilege-escalation-and-os-command-injection-vulnerabilities-in-cellular-routers,-secure-routers,-and-netwo
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
User Interaction
VS Confidentiality
VS Integrity
VS Availability
SS Confidentiality
SS Integrity
SS Availability
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact