Phoenix Contact: DoS of the PLC due to incorrect default permissions possible
Priority LOW 29CWE-276Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An low privileged remote attacker can enforce the watchdog of the affected devices to reboot the PLC due to incorrect default permissions of a config file.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00361 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AXC F 1152 (PHOENIX CONTACT): 2025.0.2AXC F 2152 (PHOENIX CONTACT): 2025.0.2+3 more products
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Contact | AXC F 1152 | before 2025.0.2 | 2025.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Phoenix Contact | AXC F 2152 | before 2025.0.2 | 2025.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Phoenix Contact | AXC F 3152 | before 2025.0.2 | 2025.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Phoenix Contact | BPC 9102S | before 2025.0.2 | 2025.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| Phoenix Contact | RFC 4072S | before 2025.0.2 | 2025.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- AXC F 1152 VendorPhoenix Contact Affected before 2025.0.2 Fixed in 2025.0.2 Patch available CNA
- AXC F 2152 VendorPhoenix Contact Affected before 2025.0.2 Fixed in 2025.0.2 Patch available CNA
- AXC F 3152 VendorPhoenix Contact Affected before 2025.0.2 Fixed in 2025.0.2 Patch available CNA
- BPC 9102S VendorPhoenix Contact Affected before 2025.0.2 Fixed in 2025.0.2 Patch available CNA
- RFC 4072S VendorPhoenix Contact Affected before 2025.0.2 Fixed in 2025.0.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AXC F 1152 (PHOENIX CONTACT) Fixed in 2025.0.2
- Fix · CNA AXC F 2152 (PHOENIX CONTACT) Fixed in 2025.0.2
- Fix · CNA AXC F 3152 (PHOENIX CONTACT) Fixed in 2025.0.2
- Fix · CNA BPC 9102S (PHOENIX CONTACT) Fixed in 2025.0.2
- Fix · CNA RFC 4072S (PHOENIX CONTACT) Fixed in 2025.0.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
PHOENIX CONTACT AXC F 1152, AXC F 2152 and 3 more products 2025.0.2
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-27633 Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the service security-profilePriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2025-27632 Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the arp-preinit scriptPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2025-27631 Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the watchdogPriority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41665
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2c5-vc55-gpgh
References
More Phoenix Contact vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-07463 Phoenix Contact Software ProConOs and MultiProg Missing Authentication for Critical Function CVSS 2.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-17093 PHOENIX CONTACT: Remote code execution in CHARX Series CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13692 Insufficient Verification of Data Vulnerability in PHOENIX CONTACT classic line industrial controllers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-21959 Remote code execution via uploading a malicious IODD file CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-21940 Authentication Bypass in _account_log CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03334 PHOENIX CONTACT: OS Command Injection in WP 6xxx Web panels CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-41665 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-41665 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2c5-vc55-gpgh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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