CVE-2020-15786 Information

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions = 14 and V XX) SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions) SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions) SIMATIC HMI United Comfort Panels (All versions). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdf

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8