CVE-2025-9970

Credential disclosure via uncleared authentication memory

Published Oct 8, 2025 · Updated Oct 8, 2025

Cleartext credential storage in ABB MConfig 1.4.9.21 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to extract passwords. After login, the application leaves authentication data in cleartext memory, so an exported runtime memory dump includes the password. Exploitation requires physical access to the Windows host and a logged-in MConfig session; obtained credentials enable component-setting changes only when switch-room access is also available.

CVSS severity5.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cleartext credential storage in ABB MConfig 1.4.9.21 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to extract passwords. After login, the application leaves authentication data in cleartext memory, so an exported runtime memory dump includes the password. Exploitation requires physical access to the Windows host and a logged-in MConfig session; obtained credentials enable component-setting changes only when switch-room access is also available.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-9970
Published
Oct 8, 2025
Updated
Oct 8, 2025
Vendor
GENEREX SYSTEMS Computervertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Product
MConfig
Classifications
CWE-316, T1003
Attack vector
physical
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=1.4.9.21

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorphysical
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GENEREX SYSTEMS Computervertriebsgesellschaft mbH · MConfigversion=0 <=1.4.9.21

Published CVSS scores

5.7ABBCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
7.4ABBCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
6.7ABBCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorphysical
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-316Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
T1003OS Credential Dumping

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