CVE-2023-1257 (GCVE-0-2023-1257)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-07 16:54
Modified
2025-01-16 21:55
Severity ?
7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
An attacker with physical access to the affected Moxa UC Series devices can initiate a restart of the device and gain access to its BIOS. Command line options can then be altered, allowing the attacker to access the terminal. From the terminal, the attacker can modify the device’s authentication files to create a new user and gain full access to the system.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MOXA UC-8580 Series Version: V1.1
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