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
11- MOXA/UC-2100 Seriesv5Range: V1.3 to V1.5
- MOXA/UC-2100-W Seriesv5Range: V1.3 to V1.5
- MOXA/UC-3100 Seriesv5Range: V1.2 to V2.0
- MOXA/UC-5100 Seriesv5Range: V1.2
- Range: V1.0 to V1.1
- MOXA/UC-8100 Seriesv5Range: V1.2
- MOXA/UC-8200 Seriesv5Range: V1.0 to V2.4
- MOXA/UC-8410A Seriesv5Range: V2.2
- MOXA/UC-8540 Seriesv5Range: V1.0 to V1.2
- MOXA/UC-8580 Seriesv5Range: V1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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