CVE-2019-5136 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A low-privileged authenticated user can exploit a specially crafted menu selection string within the iw_console functionality to escape the restricted console and gain root access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.