Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.7.2 SSH privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.7.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SSH. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-24006. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.7.2. This affects an unknown functionality of the component SSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A low privileged local attacker can leverage insecure permissions via SSH on the affected devices to escalate privileges to root.

The weakness was shared by Jesson Soto Ventura and Matthew Waddell as VDE-2025-014. The advisory is shared at certvde.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24006 since 01/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20405). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CHARX SEC-3150/CHARX SEC-3100/CHARX SEC-3050/CHARX SEC-3000 1.7.3

Timelineinfo

01/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/08/2025 +172 days Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2025-014
Researcher: Jesson Soto Ventura, Matthew Waddell
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24006 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24006
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315309
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 10:09
Updated: 07/08/2025 17:49
Changes: 07/08/2025 10:09 (66), 07/08/2025 17:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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