CVE-2017-5159

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5159
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-13 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-31 19:43:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-99

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Phoenixcontact Mguard Firmware 8.4.0 All All All
Application Phoenix Contact Mguard 8.4.0 All All All
Application Phoenix Contact Mguard 8.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Phoenix Contact mGuard CVE-2017-5159 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Phoenix Contact mGuard | ICS-CERT MISC ics-cert.us-cert.gov Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590567 PHOENIX CONTACT mGuard Default Password Vulnerability (ICSA-17-017-01)
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