Moxa router flaws pose serious risks to industrial environmets

Moxa warns of two flaws in its routers and security appliances that enable privilege escalation and remote command execution.

Moxa addressed privilege escalation and OS command injection vulnerabilities in cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances.

Below are the descriptions for both vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2024-9138 (CVSS 4.0 score: 8.6): This vulnerability involves hard-coded credentials, an authenticated user can trigger the vulnerability to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to the system.
  • CVE-2024-9140: (CVSS 4.0 score: 9.3)An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass input restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized command execution.

Moxa released firmware updates to address vulnerabilities CVE-2024-9140 and CVE-2024-9138. Affected devices include various EDR, NAT, and OnCell series on firmware 3.13.1 and earlier. Immediate action is recommended to prevent exploitation.

The products and firmware versions affected by CVE-2024-9138 are listed below:

Product Series Affected Versions
EDR-810 Series Firmware version 5.12.37 and earlier
EDR-8010 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDR-G902 Series Firmware version 5.7.25 and earlier
EDR-G902 Series Firmware version 5.7.25 and earlier
EDR-G9004 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDR-G9010 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDF-G1002-BP Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
NAT-102 Series Firmware version 1.0.5 and earlier
OnCell G4302-LTE4 Series Firmware version 3.13 and earlier
TN-4900 Series Firmware version 3.13 and earlier

The products and firmware versions affected by CVE-2024-9140 are listed below:

Product Series Affected Versions
EDR-8010 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDR-G9004 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDR-G9010 Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
EDF-G1002-BP Series Firmware version 3.13.1 and earlier
NAT-102 Series Firmware version 1.0.5 and earlier
OnCell G4302-LTE4 Series Firmware version 3.13 and earlier
TN-4900 Series Firmware version 3.13 and earlier

The vendor released the following versions to address the issues:

Product Series Solutions
EDR-810 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDR-8010 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDR-G902 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDR-G903 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDR-G9004 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDR-G9010 Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
EDF-G1002-BP Series Upgrade to the firmware version 3.14 or later
NAT-102 Series An official patch or firmware update is not currently available for this product. Please refer to the Mitigations section below for recommended measures to address the vulnerability.
OnCell G4302-LTE4 Series Please contact Moxa Technical Support for the security patch
TN-4900 Series Please contact Moxa Technical Support for the security patch

The company recommends that customers protect the devices by minimizing network exposure, limiting SSH access to trusted IPs, and using IDS/IPS to detect and prevent exploitation attempts.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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