CVE-2023-23773
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio...
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio lacks cryptographic signature validation for firmware update packages, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary code execution, extract secret key material, and/or leave a persistent implant on the device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio lacks cryptographic signature validation for firmware update packages, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary code execution, extract secret key material, and/or leave a persistent implant on the device.
- Record
CVE-2023-23773- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:U/RC:C/CR:H/IR:H/AR:M/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:H/MUI:N/MS:U/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-27859
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio lacks cryptographic signature validation for firmware update packages, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary code execution, extract secret key material, and/or leave a persistent implant on the device.
- Record
EUVD-2023-27859- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:U/RC:C/CR:H/IR:H/AR:M/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:H/MUI:N/MS:U/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-74wm-8c3j-gw64
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio...
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio lacks cryptographic signature validation for firmware update packages, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary code execution, extract secret key material, and/or leave a persistent implant on the device.
- Record
GHSA-74wm-8c3j-gw64- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Base Radio fails to check firmware authenticity. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio lacks cryptographic signature validation for firmware update packages, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain arbitrary code execution, extract secret key material, and/or leave a persistent implant on the device.
- Record
CVE-2023-23773- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-347
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-23773 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Motorola Ebts/mbts Base Radio, published August 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.