CVE-2020-12519
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-17 22:43
Modified
2024-09-17 01:21
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS an attacker can use this vulnerability i.e. to open a reverse shell with root privileges.
References
info@cert.vde.comhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Phoenix Contact AXC F 1152 (1151412) Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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   Phoenix Contact AXC F 2152 (2404267) Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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   Phoenix Contact AXC F 3152 (1069208) Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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   Phoenix Contact RFC 4072S (1051328 Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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   Phoenix Contact AXC F 2152 Starterkit (1046568) Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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   Phoenix Contact PLCnext Technology Starterkit (1188165) Version: unspecified   < 2021.0 LTS
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