Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-1358 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Siemens Wincc 13.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The remote-management module in the (1) Multi Panels, (2) Comfort Panels, and (3) RT Advanced functionality in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) before 13 SP1 and in the (4) panels and (5) runtime functionality in SIMATIC WinCC flexible before 2008 SP3 Up7 does not properly encrypt credentials in transit, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine cleartext credentials by sniffing the network and conducting a decryption attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72625
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036090
- http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-526760.pdf
- http://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-543623.pdf
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-161-02