SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12523

After a reboot these ports get functional independent from their configuration setting: Missing Initialization of Resource

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.90%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.90% probability · 58th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-909
Affected
phoenixcontact/tc mguard rs4000 4g vzw vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/tc mguard rs4000 4g att vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/fl mguard rs4004 tx\/dtx firmware · phoenixcontact/fl mguard rs4004 tx\/dtx vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/tc mguard rs4000 3g vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/tc mguard rs4000 4g vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/innominate mguard rs4000 4tx\/tx firmware · phoenixcontact/innominate mguard rs4000 4tx\/tx vpn firmware · phoenixcontact/innominate mguard rs4000 4tx\/3g\/tx vpn firmware
Source
info@cert.vde.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.