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component stores the credentials of a local system account in a potentially publicly accessible project file using an outdated cipher algorithm.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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: siemens

Published: 2022-02-09T15:17:04

Updated: 2022-08-10T11:17:13

Reserved: 2021-09-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-40363

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-02-09T16:15:13.877

Modified: 2022-10-06T16:46:47.823


Link: CVE-2021-40363

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