Phoenix Contact WP 6xxx prior 4.0.10 SNMPv2 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Phoenix Contact WP 6xxx. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SNMPv2. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-37859. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix Contact WP 6xxx and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component SNMPv2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In PHOENIX CONTACTs WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10 the SNMP daemon is running with root privileges allowing a remote attacker with knowledge of the SNMPv2 r/w community string to execute system commands as root.

The weakness was shared 08/09/2023 as VDE-2023-018. The advisory is shared for download at cert.vde.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-37859 since 07/10/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 4.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP 6xxx 4.0.10

Timelineinfo

07/10/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2023-018
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236624

Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2023 11:14
Changes: 08/09/2023 11:14 (51)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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