CVE-2023-38558

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Sep 14, 2023
Updated
Feb 27, 2025
Reserved
Jul 20, 2023

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csiemens

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0Siemens
  • All versionsAffected
SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1Siemens
  • All versionsAffected

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