SICK MSC800 all versions prior to Version 4.0, the affected firmware versions contain a hard-coded customer account password.

published 2019-07-01 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-2693

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.4%; EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

sick msc800_firmware 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-178-04 updated 2019-06-27 cvss 9.8

SICK MSC800

SICK MSC800 < 4.0
affected: mitigation “SICK recommends affected users upgrade to the latest firmware version (v4.0).” sick.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

SICK MSC800

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

securityfocus.com /bid/108924
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
us-cert.gov /ics/advisories/icsa-19-178-04
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
sick.com /de/en/service-and-support/the-sick-product-security-incident-response-team-sick-psirt/w/psirt/#advisories

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-10979
NVD CVE-2019-10979

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Summary