CVE-2023-46386

LOYTEC electronics GmbH LINX-212 and LINX-151 devices (all versions) are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions via registry.xml file. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose smtp client account credentials and bypass email authentication.

Published: 2023-11-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-46386 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46386

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.47% 0.13% -0.34%
2 2025-11-18 0.10% 0.47% +0.37%
3 2025-04-15 0.10%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-46386

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-46386

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-46386

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
loytec linx-212_firmware 6.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:loytec:linx-212_firmware:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
loytec linx-151_firmware 7.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:loytec:linx-151_firmware:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-46386

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