CVE-2021-40363

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40363
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-09 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-06 16:46:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-538

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 9.0 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 9.1 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Pcs 7 All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc All All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 13 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 13 sp1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 13 sp2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 14.0.1 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15 All All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_5 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 15.1 update_6 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 16 update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 17 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 17 update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 17 update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update10 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update11 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update12 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update13 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update14 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update15 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update16 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update17 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update18 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update5 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update6 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update7 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update8 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 sp1_update9 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.4 update_1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 - All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp1_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update1 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update2 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update3 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update4 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc 7.5 sp2_update5 All All
Application Siemens Simatic Wincc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-914168.pdf MISC cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590748 Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-041-02)
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