CVE-2015-7244
The default configuration of the server in MobaXterm before 8.3 has a disabled Access Control setting and consequently does not require authentication for X11 connections, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain sensitive…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The default configuration of the server in MobaXterm before 8.3 has a disabled Access Control setting and consequently does not require authentication for X11 connections, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain sensitive information via X11 packets.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.05% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- mobatek/mobaxterm
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://blog.mobatek.net/post/mobaxterm-new-release-8.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/316888Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2015-7244
- http://blog.mobatek.net/post/mobaxterm-new-release-8.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/316888Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2015-7244
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.