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CVE-2019-16305

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

In MobaXterm 11.1 and 12.1, the protocol handler is vulnerable to command injection. A crafted link can trigger a popup asking whether the user wants to run MobaXterm to handle the link. If accepted, another popup appears asking for further confirmation. If this is also accepted, command execution is achieved, as demonstrated by the MobaXterm://`calc` URI.

Affected products

• Mobatek MobaXterm: 11.1, 12.1

References

• https://freetom.github.io/0day/2019/09/14/MobaXterm-command-exec-in-protocol-handler.html
• https://freetom.github.io/0day/2019/09/14/MobaXterm-command-exec-in-protocol-handler.html

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