CVE-2014-6617

Softing FG-100 PB PROFIBUS firmware version FG-x00-PB_V2.02.0.00 contains a hardcoded password...

9.8 Critical

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

4.37%Up 3.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2014-6617
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-798
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2014-6617
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-6496 No score

Record: EUVD-2014-6496
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4mm6-cg2p-rq25 9.8

Softing FG-100 PB PROFIBUS firmware version FG-x00-PB_V2.02.0.00 contains a hardcoded password...

Record: GHSA-4mm6-cg2p-rq25
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-798
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

industrial.softing fg-100 pb profibus firmware

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-6617 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Industrial.softing Fg-100 Pb Profibus Firmware, published March 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.37%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.