ghsa-wg4m-r562-77pw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-02-10 00:00
Modified
2022-04-13 00:01
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions < V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions >= V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 6). The affected component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm. An attacker may use this to brute force the credentials and take over the system.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-40363"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-312",
      "CWE-538"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-09T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 (All versions \u003c V9.1 SP1), SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions \u003c V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions \u003c V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions \u003e= V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 and earlier (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC V7.5 (All versions \u003c V7.5 SP2 Update 6). The affected component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm. An attacker may use this to brute force the credentials and take over the system.",
  "id": "GHSA-wg4m-r562-77pw",
  "modified": "2022-04-13T00:01:11Z",
  "published": "2022-02-10T00:00:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40363"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-914168.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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