Monitoring-data disclosure via hard-coded FTP password
Published Jun 25, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Hard-coded credentials in Phoenix Contact AXL F BK and IL BK devices allow remote attackers to read monitoring data through FTP. An undocumented FTP service accepts an embedded password and exposes the device root directory, including scrambled monitoring information. Exploitation requires obtaining that password and network access to the FTP service; the vendor documents reading the monitoring data as the concrete consequence.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in Phoenix Contact AXL F BK and IL BK devices allow remote attackers to read monitoring data through FTP. An undocumented FTP service accepts an embedded password and exposes the device root directory, including scrambled monitoring information. Exploitation requires obtaining that password and network access to the FTP service; the vendor documents reading the monitoring data as the concrete consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-33540
- Published
- Jun 25, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T0859
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 25, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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