CVE-2017-5159 (GCVE-0-2017-5159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-13 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered on Phoenix Contact mGuard devices that have been updated to Version 8.4.0. When updating an mGuard device to Version 8.4.0 via the update-upload facility, the update will succeed, but it will reset the password of the admin user to its default value.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Phoenix Contact mGuard default admin password
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Phoenix Contact mGuard 8.4.0 Affected: Phoenix Contact mGuard 8.4.0
Date Public
2017-02-13 00:00
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