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CVE-2025-41665

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

Published: Jul 8, 2025Updated: Jul 8, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-276
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

AXC F 1152PHOENIX CONTACTICS / OT / IoT
AXC F 2152PHOENIX CONTACTICS / OT / IoT
AXC F 3152PHOENIX CONTACTICS / OT / IoT
BPC 9102SPHOENIX CONTACTICS / OT / IoT
RFC 4072SPHOENIX CONTACTICS / OT / IoT
phoenix contactcommercialDEICS / OT / IoTaka phoenixcontact
and 5 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-054
certvde.com
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-054/
certvde.com

Timeline

Published
Jul 8, 2025
Last Updated
Jul 8, 2025

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