CVE-2020-13537
highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 and among them the mosquitto executable is also run.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.1–9.3
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13537cnnvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1148cnnvd
- https://www.moxa.com/en/support/support/security-advisory/mxview-series-network-management-software-vulnerabilitiesPatchcnnvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1148enisa_euvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1148ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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