CVE-2017-9946

7.5 HIGH

A vulnerability has been identified in Siemens APOGEE PXC and TALON TC BACnet Automation Controllers in all versions <V3.5

Published: 2017-10-23 · Last updated: 2026-06-02

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-287

Affected products

Vendor	Product
siemens	apogee_pxc_firmware, apogee_pxc_modular_firmware, talon_tc_compact_firmware

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Siemens APOGEE PXC and TALON TC BACnet Automation Controllers in all versions <V3.5. An attacker with network access to the integrated web server (80/tcp and 443/tcp) could bypass the authentication and download sensitive information from the device.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9946
[Exploit reference]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169544/Siemens-APOGEE-PXC-TALON-TC-Authentication-Bypass.html
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101248
[Vendor advisory]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-148078.pdf
[Vendor advisory]https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-148078.pdf
[Exploit reference]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169544/Siemens-APOGEE-PXC-TALON-TC-Authentication-Bypass.html
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101248
[Vendor advisory]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-148078.pdf
[Vendor advisory]https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-148078.pdf
[Other]https://packetstorm.news/files/id/169544

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