THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-13475
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-13475

Mobaxterm vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
In MobaXterm 11.1, the mobaxterm: URI handler has an argument injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when the user visits a specially crafted URL. Based on the available command-line arguments of the software, one can simply inject -exec to execute arbitrary commands. The additional arguments -hideterm and -exitwhendone in the payload make the attack less visible.
Affected vendor
Mobatek
Affected product
Mobaxterm
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-07-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-13475

  • Confirm whether Mobatek Mobaxterm is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-13475.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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