Vulnerability in Endress Meac300-fnade4
CVE-2025-27459
The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.
EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Endress Meac300-fnade4
- Endress Meac300-fnade4_firmware
- Endress+hauser Meac300-fnade4 — versions vers:all/*
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@sick.de (Product, x_Endress+Hauser)
- psirt@sick.de (x_SICK PSIRT Security Advisories, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@sick.de (US Government Resource, x_ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security)
- psirt@sick.de (x_CVSS v3.1 Calculator, Not Applicable)
- psirt@sick.de (x_The canonical URL., Third Party Advisory)
- psirt@sick.de (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-27459?
- CVE-2025-27459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Endress Meac300-fnade4, classified under Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-07-03.
- How severe is CVE-2025-27459?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-27459 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.