CVE-2020-15786

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15786
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-09 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-08 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-307

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation - All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi Basic Panels 2nd Generation Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels - All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels Firmware All All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi Comfort Panels Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels - All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels Firmware All All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi Mobile Panels Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels - All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels Firmware All All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Hmi United Comfort Panels Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdf MISC cert-portal.siemens.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590442 Siemens SIMATIC HMI Products (Update A) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-20-252-06)
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