CVE-2012-1977 (GCVE-0-2012-1977)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-09 10:00 – Updated: 2025-06-26 21:30
VLAI
Title
WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Summary
WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 342 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WellinTech KingSCADA Affected: 3.0
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Credits
Independent researchers Alexandr Polyakov and Alexey Sintsov from DSecRG identified an unsecure password encryption vulnerability in WellinTech KingSCADA application.
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