CVE-2015-1602 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) 12 and 13 before 13 SP1 Upd1 improperly stores password data within project files, which makes it easier for local users to determine cleartext (1) protection-level passwords or (2) web-server passwords by leveraging the ability to read these files.

Published: 2015-04-06

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7::sp1::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:simatic_step_7:13.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1733	Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) 12 and 13 before 13 SP1 Upd1 improperly stores password data within project files, which makes it easier for local users to determine cleartext (1) protection-level passwords or (2) web-server passwords by leveraging the ability to read these files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-315836.pdf

History

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Subscriptions

Siemens Simatic Step 7

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-04-06T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:17.344Z

Reserved: 2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1602

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-06T01:59:03.090

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

Link: CVE-2015-1602

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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