CVE-2014-5232 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient app before 1.0.2 for iOS allows local users to bypass an intended application-password requirement by leveraging the running of the app in the background state.

Published: 2015-01-14

Score: 1.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_wincc_sm\@rtclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5130	The Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient app before 1.0.2 for iOS allows local users to bypass an intended application-password requirement by leveraging the running of the app in the background state.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031546
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-311299.pdf

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os

Siemens Simatic Wincc Sm\@rtclient

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-14T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:47.833Z

Reserved: 2014-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5232

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-01-14T11:59:01.587

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-5232

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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