CVE-2020-15787 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2020-15787

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently validate authentication attempts as the information given can be truncated to match only a set number of characters versus the whole provided string. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.

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 HMI Unified Comfort Panels
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions <= V16

Timeline

Official Publish: September 9th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-305

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.