CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
40.4%
Siemens has identified a password storage vulnerability in its Sm@rtClient Android application. This vulnerability was reported directly to Siemens by Karsten Sohr from Universität Bremen and Stephan Huber from Fraunhofer SIT. Siemens has produced a new version to mitigate this vulnerability.
This vulnerability can only be exploited locally.
Siemens reports that the vulnerability affects the following versions of SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient:
A local attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability to retrieve Sm@rtServer-specific passwords stored on the mobile device.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
Siemens is a multinational company headquartered in Munich, Germany.
The affected products, SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient applications, in combination with the SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtServer, allow remote mobile operation and observation of SIMATIC HMI systems. According to Siemens, the SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient applications are deployed across several sectors including Chemical, Energy, Food and Agriculture, and Water and Wastewater Systems. Siemens estimates that these products are used worldwide.
The existing storage technique for Sm@rtServer-specific passwords could allow attackers to extract the password if local access to the mobile device was available.
CVE-2015-5084NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-5084, NIST uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be active sometime after publication of this advisory. has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v2 base score of 2.1 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).CVSS Calculator, http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?version=2&vector=AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N , web site last accessed July 21, 2015.
This vulnerability can only be exploited locally.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
An attacker with a low skill would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
Siemens has released SIMATIC WinCC Sm@rtClient V01.00.01.00 for Android, which fixes these vulnerabilities and recommends updating as soon as possible.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siemens.smartclient>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siemens.smartclient_us>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siemens.smartclient_lite>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siemens.smartclient_us_lite>
For more information on these vulnerabilities and detailed instructions, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA- 267489 at the following location:
<http://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories>
ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page at: http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/content/recommended-practices. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS‑CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site (http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/).
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
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