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CVE-2023-43742

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An authentication bypass in Zultys MX-SE, MX-SE II, MX-E, MX-Virtual, MX250, and MX30 with firmware versions prior to 17.0.10 patch 17161 and 16.04 patch 16109 allows an unauthenticated attacker to obtain an administrative session via a protection mechanism failure in the authentication function. In normal operation, the Zultys MX Administrator Windows client connects to port 7505 and attempts authentication, submitting the administrator username and password to the server. Upon authentication failure, the server sends a login failure message prompting the client to disconnect. However, if the client ignores the failure message instead and attempts to continue, the server does not forcibly close the connection and processes all subsequent requests from the client as if authentication had been successful.

How to fix

Remediation Available
mx-e firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD
mx-se firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD
mx-se ii firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD
mx-virtual firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD
mx250 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD
mx30 firmwareNVD
Affected:>= 17.0.6, < 17.0.10Fixed in:17.0.10CVE-2023-43742derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days
56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.