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CVE-2020-12523 — On Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8

On Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3 LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration. For mGuard devices with integrated switch on the LAN side, single switch ports can be disabled by device configuration. After a reb

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.38% (top 41.00%)
CWE
CWE-909
Published
2020-12-17T22:43:14.788Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T19:04:46.625Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

On Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3 LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration. For mGuard devices with integrated switch on the LAN side, single switch ports can be disabled by device configuration. After a reboot these ports get functional independent from their configuration setting: Missing Initialization of Resource

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G VZW VPN (1010461)unspecified
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G ATT VPN (1010463)unspecified
Phoenix ContactFL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX (2701876)unspecified
Phoenix ContactFL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX VPN (2701877)unspecified
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 3G VPN (2903440)unspecified
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G VPN (2903586)unspecified
InnominateInnominate mGuard rs4000 4TX/TXunspecified
InnominateInnominate mGuard rs4000 4TX/TX VPNunspecified
InnominateInnominate mGuard rs4000 4TX/3G/TX VPNunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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