A 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component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm.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.
                
            References
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| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-914168.pdf | Patch Vendor Advisory | 
Configurations
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Information
                Published : 2022-02-09 08:15
Updated : 2022-10-06 09:46
NVD link : CVE-2021-40363
Mitre link : CVE-2021-40363
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-538
                        
            Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
Products Affected
                siemens
- simatic_pcs_7
- simatic_wincc


