CVE-2015-1602

low
Published 2015-04-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) 12 and 13 before 13 SP1 Upd1 improperly stores password data within project files, which makes it easier for local users to determine cleartext (1) protection-level passwords or (2) web-server passwords by leveraging the ability to read these files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
siemens siemenssimatic_step_7{"endIncluding":"13.0"}
siemens siemenssimatic_step_712.0
siemens siemenssimatic_step_713.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.