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CVE-2018-12259

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

An issue was discovered on Momentum Axel 720P 5.1.8 devices. Root access can be obtained via UART pins without any restrictions, which leads to full system compromise.

Affected products

• Apollotechnologiesinc Momentum Axel 720P Firmware: 5.1.8

References

• https://rchase.com/downloads/momentum-iot-penetration-test-report.pdf
• https://rchase.com/downloads/momentum-iot-penetration-test-report.pdf

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