Riskcovery

CVE-2021-40363

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Feb 9, 2022
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Sep 1, 2021

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 (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 < V15 SP1 Update 7), SIMATIC WinCC V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2), SIMATIC WinCC V17 (All versions <= V17 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 (All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19), 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component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm.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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Affected Products

ProductVersions
SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2Siemens
  • All versionsAffected
SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0Siemens
  • All versionsAffected
SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1Siemens
  • All versions < V9.1 SP1Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V15 and earlierSiemens
  • All versions < V15 SP1 Update 7Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V16Siemens
  • All versions < V16 Update 5Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V17Siemens
  • All versions < V17 Update 2Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V17Siemens
  • All versions <= V17 Update 4Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V7.4Siemens
  • All versions < V7.4 SP1 Update 19Affected
SIMATIC WinCC V7.5Siemens
  • All versions < V7.5 SP2 Update 6Affected

References

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