# CVE-2014-4686: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Remote attackers can decrypt network traffic by extracting a hardcoded key, exposing sensitive information in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rfm5-4c4m-2vcc

## What is CVE-2014-4686?

CVE-2014-4686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Project administration application in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC before 7.3, as used in PCS7 and other products, has a hardcoded encryption key, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by extracting this key from another product installation and then employing this key during the sniffing of network traffic on TCP port 1030.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4686?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Siemens Simatic Pcs7, Siemens Wincc.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-4686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-4686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-8551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8551/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-3957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3957/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3958/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2012-3032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3032/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2012-3015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3015/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-4686 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-4686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4686/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4686
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4686
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4686

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