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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-26005
PHOENIX CONTACT: Privilege gain through incomplete cleanup in CHARX Series
Vulnerability Description
An unauthenticated remote attacker can gain service level privileges through an incomplete cleanup during service restart after a DoS.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Jack Dates
- RET2 Systems
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
CHARX SEC-3000, CHARX SEC-3050, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3150
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 12th, 2024
Last Modified:
August 1st, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.