Description
An issue was discovered on Swissphone DiCal-RED 4009 devices. An attacker with access to the file /etc/deviceconfig may recover the administrative device password via password-cracking methods, because unsalted MD5 is used.
Published: 2024-08-22
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Swissphone
Swissphone dical-red
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:swissphone:dical-red:4009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Swissphone
Swissphone dical-red
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:swissphone:dical-red:4009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Swissphone
Swissphone dical-red
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Swissphone
Swissphone dical-red
Weaknesses CWE-1393
CWE-327
CWE-759
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:swissphone:dical-red:4009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Swissphone
Swissphone dical-red
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered on Swissphone DiCal-RED 4009 devices. An attacker with access to the file /etc/deviceconfig may recover the administrative device password via password-cracking methods, because unsalted MD5 is used.
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Swissphone Dical-red
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-22T23:03:09.482Z

Reserved: 2024-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-36440

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-22T23:03:09.482Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-08-22T15:15:15.977

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-36440

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