CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-38558

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Published: Sep 14, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

Weakness

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Simatic_pcs_neo Siemens 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Simatic_pcs_neo Siemens 4.0-update_1 (including) 4.0-update_1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References