CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-9099

Mb3170 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered on Moxa MGate MB3170 and MB3270 devices before 4.1, MB3280 and MB3480 devices before 3.1, MB3660 devices before 2.3, and MB3180 devices before 2.1. A Buffer overflow in the built-in web server allows remote attackers to initiate DoS, and probably to execute arbitrary code (issue 1 of 2).
Affected vendor
Moxa
Affected product
Mb3170 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-03-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-9099

  • Confirm whether Moxa Mb3170 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-9099.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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