Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1 hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8717. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1 (Router Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.

The bug was discovered 04/21/2017. The weakness was published 04/02/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-8717 since 10/17/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 346 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Router Operating System

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• Moxa

Name

• AWK-3131A

Version

• 1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.moxa.com/

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