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CVE-2016-4500

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.8)—

Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Moxa — Uc-7408 Lx-plusMoxa — Uc-7408 Lx-plus Firmware

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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