CVE-2014-4686

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

CWE-798: CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, has a hardcoded encryption key, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by extracting this key from another product installation and then employing this key during the sniffing of network traffic on TCP port 1030.

CWE-798: CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Siemens

First reported 10 years ago

2014-07-24 14:55:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-07-25 14:59:00

Affected Software

Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 7.1 Service Pack 3

7.1

Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 8.0

8.0

Siemens WinCC 5.0

5.0

Siemens WinCC 5.0 Service Pack 1

5.0

Siemens WinCC 6.0

6.0

Siemens WinCC 6.0 Service Pack 2

6.0

Siemens WinCC 6.0 Service Pack 3

6.0

Siemens WinCC 6.0 Service Pack 4

6.0

Siemens WinCC 7.0

7.0

Siemens WinCC 7.0 Service Pack 1

7.0

Siemens WinCC 7.0 Service Pack 2

7.0

Siemens WinCC 7.0 Service Pack 3

7.0

Siemens WinCC 7.1

7.1

Siemens WinCC 7.0 Service Pack 1

7.1

References

http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-214365.pdf

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