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CVE-2020-13536

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Moxa MXView series 3.1.8 installation. Depending on the vector chosen, an attacker can either add code to a script or replace a binary. By default MXViewService, which starts as a NT SYSTEM authority user executes a series of Node.Js scripts to start additional application functionality.

Affected products

• Moxa MXview Network Management Software: 3.1.8

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1148
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1148

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