Phoenix mGuard up to 8.4.2 RADIUS improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Phoenix mGuard up to 8.4.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component RADIUS. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-7937. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Phoenix mGuard up to 8.4.2. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component RADIUS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may be able to gain unauthorized access to the user firewall when RADIUS servers are unreachable.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/19/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7937 since 04/18/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/18/2017 🔍
05/11/2017 +23 days 🔍
05/18/2017 +7 days 🔍
05/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
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09/30/2020 +1230 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-7937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101502
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-7937 - Phoenix Contact Gmbh - Mguard Firmware - Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2017 14:08
Updated: 09/30/2020 12:57
Changes: 05/19/2017 14:08 (57), 09/30/2020 12:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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