WellinTech Kingview 3.0 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in WellinTech Kingview 3.0. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-1977. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WellinTech Kingview 3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

The weakness was published 05/09/2012 by Alexandr Polyakov (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1977 since 03/30/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120215 (KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2012-1986), SecurityFocus (BID 51582†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35087†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/20/2012 🔍
03/30/2012 +70 days 🔍
05/09/2012 +40 days 🔍
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05/20/2012 +11 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1037 days 🔍
06/27/2025 +3749 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Alexandr Polyakov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-1977 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1977
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60715
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SecurityFocus: 51582 - KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35087 - WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/27/2025 04:02
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (46), 04/11/2017 22:18 (10), 01/02/2025 12:03 (18), 06/27/2025 02:22 (1), 06/27/2025 04:02 (8)
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