Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2021 · Assigned by schneider
CVE-2021-22741
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in ClearSCADA (all versions), EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (all versions), and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (V83.7742.1 and prior). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Use of Password Hash with Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability exists in ClearSCADA (all versions), EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (all versions), and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (V83.7742.1 and prior), which could cause the revealing of account credentials when server database files are available. Exposure of these files to an attacker can make the system vulnerable to password decryption attacks. Note that “.sde” configuration export files do not contain user account password hashes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | ClearSCADA (all versions), EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (all versions), and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (V83.7742.1 and prior) | ClearSCADA,EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020(see security notification for affected versions) |
Weakness: CWE-916