CVE-2025-41666 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A low privileged remote attacker with file access can replace a critical file used by the watchdog to get read, write and execute access to any file on the device after the watchdog has been initialized.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-054

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00157}`	epss `{'score': 0.00176}`

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A low privileged remote attacker with file access can replace a critical file used by the watchdog to get read, write and execute access to any file on the device after the watchdog has been initialized.
Title		Phoenix Contact: File access due to the replacement of a critical file used by the watchdog
Weaknesses		CWE-59
References		https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-054
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERTVDE

Published: 2025-07-08T07:03:38.410Z

Updated: 2025-07-08T14:28:36.584Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T11:17:48.307Z

Link: CVE-2025-41666

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-08T14:23:30.348Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-08T07:15:25.630

Modified: 2025-07-08T16:18:14.207

Link: CVE-2025-41666

Redhat

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