Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 CVE-2013-3959 Username Enumeration Weakness

BID:60559

Info

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 CVE-2013-3959 Username Enumeration Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 60559
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-3959
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 14 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:11AM
Credit: Alexander Tlyapov from Positive Technologies
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 CVE-2013-3959 Username Enumeration Weakness

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 are prone to a username-enumeration weakness because of a design error in the application when verifying user-supplied input.

Attackers may exploit this weakness to discern valid usernames. This may aid brute-force password cracking or other attacks.

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Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 CVE-2013-3959 Username Enumeration Weakness

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