High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5136
CVE-2019-5136
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the iw_console functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted menu selection string can cause an escape from the restricted console, resulting in system access as the root user. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3- Moxa/AWK-3131A firmwaredescription
- cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0925nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
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