CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22781

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Jul 14, 2021 | Modified: Jul 26, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause a leak of SMTP credential used for mailbox authentication when an attacker can access a project file.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ecostruxure_process_expert Schneider-electric * *
Ecostruxure_control_expert Schneider-electric 15.0 15.0
Ecostruxure_control_expert Schneider-electric * *
Remoteconnect Schneider-electric * *

Potential Mitigations

References