FKIE_CVE-2025-27459

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-03 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:03
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.
References
psirt@sick.dehttps://sick.com/psirtVendor Advisory
psirt@sick.dehttps://sick.com/psirtVendor Advisory
psirt@sick.dehttps://sick.com/psirtVendor Advisory
psirt@sick.dehttps://sick.com/psirtVendor Advisory
psirt@sick.dehttps://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practicesUS Government Resource
psirt@sick.dehttps://www.endress.comProduct
psirt@sick.dehttps://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1Not Applicable
psirt@sick.dehttps://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.jsonThird Party Advisory
psirt@sick.dehttps://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.pdfThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
endress meac300-fnade4_firmware *
endress meac300-fnade4 -
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