CVE-2023-23774 (GCVE-0-2023-23774)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-29 08:49 – Updated: 2024-10-03 13:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Motorola EBTS/MBTS Site Controller drops to debug prompt on unhandled exception. The Motorola MBTS Site Controller exposes a debug prompt on the device's serial port in case of an unhandled exception. This allows an attacker with physical access that is able to trigger such an exception to extract secret key material and/or gain arbitrary code execution on the device.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-01 20:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-248 - An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://tetraburst.com/ | related |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorola | EBTS/MBTS Base Radio |
Affected:
R05.x2.57
|
guessed | |
| motorola | ebts_mbts_base_radio |
Affected:
r05.x2.57
cpe:2.3:a:motorola:ebts_mbts_base_radio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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