01 Record
CVE-2014-6617
Softing FG-100 PB PROFIBUS firmware version FG-x00-PB_V2.02.0.00 contains a hardcoded password for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a TELNET session.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Softing FG-100 PB PROFIBUS firmware version FG-x00-PB_V2.02.0.00 contains a hardcoded password for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a TELNET session.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-09 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c338c814d2f78c653aa6eb4797a9cb12f40657890fa066dd0cd0866f61588fd3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com70927http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70927
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfg100pb-cve20146617-default-account(98512)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98512
- www.securityfocus.com20141105 CVE-2014-6617 Softing FG-100 Backdoor Accounthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533902/100/0/threaded
- www.compass-security.comhttps://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2014-005_softring_backdoor_account.txt
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128976/Softing-FG-100-PB-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html