CVE-2016-4500
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and...
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.
- Record
CVE-2016-4500- CVSS 3.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.
- Record
CVE-2016-4500- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5487 No score
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5487- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-24rp-mx22-rmmx
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and...
Moxa UC-7408 LX-Plus devices allow remote authenticated users to write to the firmware, and consequently render a device unusable, by leveraging root access.
- Record
GHSA-24rp-mx22-rmmx- CVSS 3.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4500 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Moxa Uc-7408 Lx-plus, published June 1, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.