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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2020-12523

CVE-2020-12523

MEDIUM5.4

Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3: LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration

Published Dec 17, 2020

Modified 1 years ago

Details

On Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3 LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration. For mGuard devices with integrated switch on the LAN side, single switch ports can be disabled by device configuration. After a reboot these ports get functional independent from their configuration setting: Missing Initialization of Resource

References

https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-046

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12523

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

5.4/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weakness Type (CWE)

Other

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 17, 2020

ModifiedSep 16, 2024

CVE-2020-12523 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence