CVE-2018-12259

medium

Description

An issue was discovered on Momentum Axel 720P 5.1.8 devices. Root access can be obtained via UART pins without any restrictions, which leads to full system compromise.

References

https://rchase.com/downloads/momentum-iot-penetration-test-report.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00043