CVE-2016-8717

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8717
  • Assigner
  • talos-cna@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-02T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-14T13:47:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-798 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0231 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8717
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8717
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-20 17:00:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:07:56 2018-04-02T17:29Z 2018-04-02T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:07:56 2022-04-19T20:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:07:56 Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-14 14:07:34 2022-12-14T13:47:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-14 14:07:34 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated