Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:60561

Info

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 60561
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-3958
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 14 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 19 2013 07:17AM
Credit: Alexander Tlyapov from Positive Technologies
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS 7 are prone to a security-bypass vulnerability caused by using hard-coded credentials in the Web Navigator login mechanism.

Successful attacks can allow a remote attacker to gain authenticated access to the Web Navigator web applications of the vulnerable device.

Exploit / POC

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can carry out this attack using readily available network utilities.

Solution / Fix

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC And PCS 7 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

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