CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-38558

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2023-09-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-538, CWE-668

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 (All versions), SIMATIC PCS neo (Administration Console) V4.0 Update 1 (All versions). The affected application leaks Windows admin credentials. An attacker with local access to the Administration Console could get the credentials, and impersonate the admin user, thereby gaining admin access to other Windows systems.

Affected configurations

• siemens simatic pcs neo 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References