18 October 2018

KLCERT-18-023: Moxa ThingsPro IIoT Gateway and Device Management Software Solutions: Hidden Token Access

Vendor

Moxa

Researcher

Alexander Nochvay, Kaspersky ICS CERT

Timeline

Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    18 October 2018

  • Vendor releases patch

    October 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    January 2018

Description

Hidden Token Access in Moxa ThingsPro IIoT Gateway and Device Management Software.

Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Impact

A remote attacker could gain root privileges and execute arbitrary code using a hidden API token.

Existence of exploit

Unknown

Affected products

Moxa ThingsPro v. 2.1

Mitigation

Vendor mitigation

Moxa has addressed these vulnerabilities with a new firmware release for ThingsPro Gateway Edition 2.3, please contact your sales representative to get the firmware.

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Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    18 October 2018

  • Vendor releases patch

    October 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    January 2018