CVE-2016-9361
Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
An issue was discovered in Moxa NPort 5110 versions prior to 2.6, NPort 5130/5150 Series versions prior to 3.6, NPort 5200 Series versions prior to 2.8, NPort 5400 Series versions prior to 3.11, NPort 5600 Series versions prior to 3.7, NPort 5100A Series & NPort P5150A versions prior to 1.3, NPort 5200A Series versions prior to 1.3, NPort 5150AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5250AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5450AI-M12 Series versions prior to 1.2, NPort 5600-8-DT Series versions prior to 2.4, NPort 5600-8-DTL Series versions prior to 2.4, NPort 6x50 Series versions prior to 1.13.11, NPort IA5450A versions prior to v1.4. Administration passwords can be retried without authenticating.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
20% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 97th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
8 events over 3419 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- EPSS band changehigh → moderate
- EPSS band changemoderate → high
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- nport 5100 series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5200 series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5400 series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5600 series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5100a series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport p5150a series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5200a series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
- nport 5x50a1-m12 series firmwareICS / OT / IoT
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 9.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Credential AccessT1110Brute Forcehigh confidence
- Initial AccessT1078Valid Accountshigh confidenceT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationmedium confidence
Sources
References in the record
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9361&
- securityfocus.com/bid/85965
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-336-02&
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