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CVE-2017-5159

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMguard Firmware

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95648
x_refsource_MISCMitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-017-01

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-99

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