Festo CECX-X-M1 Modular Controller improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Festo CECX-X-M1 Modular Controller. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-0760. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Festo CECX-X-M1 Modular Controller (affected version unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Festo CECX-X-C1 Modular Master Controller with CoDeSys and CECX-X-M1 Modular Controller with CoDeSys and SoftMotion provide an undocumented access method involving the FTP protocol, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 04/25/2014 with IOActive (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0760 since 01/02/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/12/2026).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92892), EUVD (EUVD-2014-0791), SecurityFocus (BID 67067†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47322†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-69477. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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01/02/2014 🔍
04/24/2014 +112 days 🔍
04/25/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/25/2014 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +53 days 🔍
11/27/2014 +163 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +118 days 🔍
05/12/2026 +4065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2014-0760 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0760
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69476
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X-Force: 92892
SecurityFocus: 67067 - Festo CECX-X-C1 And CECX-X-M1 Controllers Multiple Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 47322 - CoDeSys Remote Code Execution and DoS via FTP, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/12/2026 00:15
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (53), 06/13/2017 08:35 (4), 07/03/2025 00:13 (24), 07/03/2025 01:14 (1), 05/12/2026 00:15 (1)
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