CVE-2015-1355 (GCVE-0-2015-1355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-18 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
VLAI
Summary
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) before 13 SP1 uses a weak password-hash algorithm, which makes it easier for local users to determine cleartext passwords by reading a project file and conducting a brute-force attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-02-13 00:00
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