CVE-2014-4686 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-4686

The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3,...

Vulnerability Description

The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, has a hardcoded encryption key, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by extracting this key from another product installation and then employing this key during the sniffing of network traffic on TCP port 1030.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

simatic pcs7, wincc
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.1, 8.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 24th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.