Insufficiently protected credentials in Citect SCADA and Vijeo Citect - CVE-2019-10981
Published: June 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18823
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10981
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain the user credentials.
Vulnerability exist due to the user credentials in memory are stored in clear text. A local non-authorized user with high privileges can read the memory and obtain the credentials.
Affected software
Citect SCADA
Vijeo Citect
Vijeo Citect
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10981
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Customers should upgrade to the latest release of CitectSCADA2018.