An issue was discovered on Swissphone DiCal-RED 4009 devices.

published 2024-08-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36086

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-22)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

swissphone dical-red

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1393 Use of Default Password
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CWE-759 Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-36440
NVD CVE-2024-36440

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Summary