Moxa AWK-3121 1.14 Certificate Upload iw_privatePass command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Moxa AWK-3121 1.14. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Certificate Upload. This manipulation of the argument iw_privatePass as part of Shell Metacharacter causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-10699. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Moxa AWK-3121 1.14 (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Certificate Upload. The manipulation of the argument iw_privatePass as part of a Shell Metacharacter leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on Moxa AWK-3121 1.14 devices. The Moxa AWK 3121 provides certfile upload functionality so that an administrator can upload a certificate file used for connecting to the wireless network. However, the same functionality allows an attacker to execute commands on the device. The POST parameter "iw_privatePass" is susceptible to this injection. By crafting a packet that contains shell metacharacters, it is possible for an attacker to execute the attack.

The weakness was presented 06/07/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10699 since 05/03/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

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

See VDB-136204, VDB-136205, VDB-136206 and VDB-136207 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Router Operating System

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• Moxa

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• AWK-3121

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• 1.14

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.moxa.com/

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