CVE-2019-6524 describes a critical vulnerability in Moxa IKS and EDS series devices, including specific EDS-405A, EDS-408A, EDS-510A, and IKS-G6824A models. The flaw, categorized as CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts), allows attackers to conduct brute-force attacks due to insufficient measures against multiple failed login attempts. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently known and it is not on the CISA KEV catalog, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 77/100 indicates significant potential impact. There is currently no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:iks-g6824a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:eds-405a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:eds-408a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:eds-510a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.