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CVE-2023-43699 (GCVE-0-2023-43699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-09 11:59 – Updated: 2024-12-09 13:54
VLAI
Summary
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in RDT400 in SICK APU allows an unprivileged remote attacker to guess the password via trial-and-error as the login attempts are not limited.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-19 14:14 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SICK AG APU0200 Affected: all versions
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sick apu0200 Affected: 0 , ≤ * (custom)
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