WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1986 WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
Fixes

Solution

WellinTech has provided the following link to the latest version of KingSCADA: http://download.kingview.com/software/KingSCADA/EN/KingSCADA3.1_2012-04-16EN.rar . According to WellinTech, this new version securely hashes passwords.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Weaknesses CWE-311
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-26T21:30:25.305Z

Reserved: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-1977

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-09T10:33:15.020

Modified: 2025-06-26T22:15:24.103

Link: CVE-2012-1977

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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