CVE-2025-41665

Phoenix Contact: DoS of the PLC due to incorrect default permissions possible

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2025 at 07:03 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:22 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorAXC F 2152RFC 4072SAXC F 3152

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An low privileged remote attacker can enforce the watchdog of the affected devices to reboot the PLC due to incorrect default permissions of a config file.

Affected

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

v < 2025.0.2
Affected range stops below 2025.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2025.0.2
Affected range stops below 2025.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2025.0.2
Affected range stops below 2025.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2025.0.2
Affected range stops below 2025.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2025.0.2
Affected range stops below 2025.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCERTVDE
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-276

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