CVE-2018-13811

Summary

CVECVE-2018-13811
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-13 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:34:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) (All Versions < V15.1). Password hashes with insufficient computational effort could allow an attacker to access to a project file and reconstruct passwords. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with local access to the project file. No user interaction is required to exploit the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow the attacker to obtain certain passwords from the project. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Siemens Simatic Step 7 Tia Portal All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Step 7 Tia Portal All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Step 7 Tia Portal All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal CVE-2018-13811 Weak Password Security Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-621493.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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