Vulnerability in Phoenixcontact Mguard_firmware

CVE-2017-5159

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 t…

EPSS: 0.007 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5159?
CVE-2017-5159 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phoenixcontact Mguard_firmware, classified under Resource Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-5159?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.