Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1 Change Password password recovery

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Change Password. The manipulation leads to password recovery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-8716. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Moxa AWK-3131A 1.1 (Router Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Change Password. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An exploitable Cleartext Transmission of Password vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The Change Password functionality of the Web Application transmits the password in cleartext. An attacker capable of intercepting this traffic is able to obtain valid credentials.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2017. The weakness was released 04/12/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at talosintelligence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8716 since 10/17/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-99733 and VDB-99732. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• 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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