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CVE-2019-10979

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10979 is a critical vulnerability affecting all versions of SICK MSC800 and its firmware prior to Version 4.0, stemming from a hard-coded customer account password. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this network-exploitable flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 11 mentions and media coverage, indicating awareness of its severe potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sick:msc800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sick.com / de/en/service-and-support/the-sick-product-security-incident-response-team-sick-psirt/w/psirt
us-cert.gov / ics/advisories/icsa-19-178-04
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/108924
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry