Siemens SIMATIC Step 7 prior 13.0 Portal cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Siemens SIMATIC Step 7 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Portal. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-1355. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SIMATIC Step 7 (SCADA Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) before 13 SP1 uses a weak password-hash algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to determine cleartext passwords by reading a project file and conducting a brute-force attack.

The weakness was released 02/17/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1355 since 01/26/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 13.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-74232. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SIMATIC Step 7 13.0

Timelineinfo

01/26/2015 🔍
02/17/2015 +22 days 🔍
02/17/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/30/2015 +41 days 🔍
04/16/2022 +2574 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-234789
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74231
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 12:14
Updated: 04/16/2022 15:06
Changes: 03/30/2015 12:14 (44), 04/17/2018 10:34 (6), 04/16/2022 15:06 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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