Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5159

Description

An issue was discovered on Phoenix Contact mGuard devices that have been updated to Version 8.4.0. When updating an mGuard device to Version 8.4.0 via the update-upload facility, the update will succeed, but it will reset the password of the admin user to its default value.

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Affected products

Phoenixcontact/Mguard Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:mguard_firmware:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Range: = 8.4.0

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95648nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-017-01nvdMitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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