AWK-3131A Series Wireless AP/Bridge/Client Vulnerability

Published: April 16, 2018

This Alert Is From MOXA

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A product vulnerability was identified in Moxa’s AWK-3131A Series Wireless AP/bridge/client. In response to this, Moxa has developed related solution to address these vulnerability.

The identified vulnerability type and potential impact are shown below:

Item Vulnerability Type Impact
1 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Attackers could perform unauthorized commands, which could then be used to disable the software, or read and modify data for which the attacker should not have permission to access.

 

This alert has come from: https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/awk-3131a-series-wireless-ap-bridge-client-vulnerability