7.6 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
22.1%
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-22-333-04 Moxa UC Series that was published November 29, 2022 on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ICS.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with physical access to take full control of the device using the console port.
The following bootloader versions of Moxa UC Series, industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) gateway devices, are affected:
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4.2.1 IMPROPER PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROL CWE-1263
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 deviceβs authentication files to create a new user and gain full access to the system.
CVE-2023-1257 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Casper Bladt of ICSrange.com research team reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Moxa has developed updates for all of the affected products to address this vulnerability. Moxa encourages users to contact Moxa Technical Support (login required) to obtain the update.
Users are encouraged to visit Moxaβs security advisory for more information.
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
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