CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6871

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Published: Aug 08, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability was discovered in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android (All versions before V1.0.2.2) and SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient for Android Lite (All versions before V1.0.2.2). An attacker with physical access to an unlocked mobile device, that has the affected app running, could bypass the apps authentication mechanism under certain conditions.

Weakness

A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Simatic_wincc_sm@rtclient Siemens * 1.0.2.1 (including)
Simatic_wincc_sm@rtclient_lite Siemens * 1.0.2.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References