CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6871

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 08, 2017 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
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

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

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