CVE-2023-39982

MXsecurity Hardcoded Credential

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability has been identified in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. The vulnerability may put the confidentiality and integrity of SSH communications at risk on the affected device. This vulnerability is attributed to a hard-coded SSH host key, which might facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks and enable the decryption of SSH traffic.

Se ha identificado una vulnerabilidad en las versiones de MXsecurity anteriores a la v1.0.1. La vulnerabilidad puede poner en riesgo la confidencialidad e integridad de las comunicaciones SSH en el dispositivo afectado. Esta vulnerabilidad se atribuye a una clave de host SSH incrustada, que podría facilitar los ataques man-in-the-middle y permitir el descifrado del tráfico SSH.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-08 CVE Reserved
2023-09-02 CVE Published
2024-09-08 EPSS Updated
2024-10-28 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CAPEC

CAPEC-191: Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-230403-mxsecurity-series-multiple-vulnerabilities	2023-09-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Moxa Search vendor "Moxa"		Mxsecurity Search vendor "Moxa" for product "Mxsecurity"				<= 1.0.1 Search vendor "Moxa" for product "Mxsecurity" and version " <= 1.0.1"		-		Affected