Authentication bypass in PowerAgent SC3 Site Controller - CVE-2017-6039

 

Authentication bypass in PowerAgent SC3 Site Controller - CVE-2017-6039

Published: June 2, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6891
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6039
CWE-ID: CWE-259
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Phoenix Broadband Technologies, LLC
Affected software:
PowerAgent SC3 Site Controller

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication on the target system.

The weakness exists due to use of hard-coded password. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to the battery monitoring system.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6039

Update to version 6.87.

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