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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-6524

Moxa IKS and EDS do not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts, which may allow an attacker to discover passwords via brute force attack.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Moxa IKS and EDS do not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts, which may allow an attacker to discover passwords via brute force attack.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.73% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-307
Affected
moxa/iks-g6824a firmware · moxa/eds-405a firmware · moxa/eds-408a firmware · moxa/eds-510a firmware
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.