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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 7, 2023· Updated Jan 16, 2025

CVE-2023-1257

CVE-2023-1257

Description

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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Affected products

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  • MOXA/UC-2100 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.3 to V1.5
  • MOXA/UC-2100-W Seriesv5
    Range: V1.3 to V1.5
  • MOXA/UC-3100 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.2 to V2.0
  • MOXA/UC-5100 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.2
  • Range: V1.0 to V1.1
  • MOXA/UC-8100 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.2
  • MOXA/UC-8200 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.0 to V2.4
  • MOXA/UC-8410A Seriesv5
    Range: V2.2
  • MOXA/UC-8540 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.0 to V1.2
  • MOXA/UC-8580 Seriesv5
    Range: V1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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