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GHSA-R54H-4QG8-H76P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:24 – Updated: 2025-06-27 00:31

Details

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.

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-09 10:00 – Updated: 2025-06-26 21:30

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

CWE-311

Assigner

icscert

References

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https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	WellinTech	KingSCADA	Affected: 3.0

Credits

Independent researchers Alexandr Polyakov and Alexey Sintsov from DSecRG identified an unsecure password encryption vulnerability in WellinTech KingSCADA application.

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GHSA-R54H-4QG8-H76P

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

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