# CVE-2019-13929: Hardcoded credentials in SIMATIC IT UADM

> An authenticated attacker can recover a password to gain read and write access to the TeamCenter station, compromising system confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8r46-6p4v-4rq3

## What is CVE-2019-13929?

CVE-2019-13929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SIMATIC IT UADM, published on 10 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC IT UADM (All versions < V1.3). An authenticated remote attacker with network access to port 1434/tcp of SIMATIC IT UADM could potentially recover a password that can be used to gain read and write access to the related TeamCenter station. The security vulnerability could be exploited only if the attacker is authenticated. No user interaction is required to exploit this security vulnerability. Successful exploitation of the security vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the targeted system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Weakness: CWE-330 (Use of Insufficiently Random Values), CWE-321 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13929?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Simatic It Uadm.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-13929?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13929 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-13929 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13929 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-13929 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-13929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SIMATIC IT UADM, published on 10 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13929 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG SIMATIC IT UADM. 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-2019-13929/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13929/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13929
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13929
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13929

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