CVE-2019-18340 Weak cryptography in Control Center Server (CCS)
A local attacker can extract user and device passwords from Siemens video servers due to weak cryptography, enabling further attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-18340?
CVE-2019-18340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Control Center Server (CCS), published on 12 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in Control Center Server (CCS) (All versions < V1.5.0), Control Center Server (CCS) (All versions >= V1.5.0), SiNVR/SiVMS Video Server (All versions < V5.0.0), SiNVR/SiVMS Video Server (All versions >= V5.0.0). Both the SiVMS/SiNVR Video Server and the Control Center Server (CCS) store user and device passwords by applying weak cryptography.
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to extract the passwords from the user database and/or the device configuration files to conduct further attacks.
Weakness: CWE-327
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18340?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Siemens Sinvr 3 Central Control Server, Siemens Sinvr 3 Video Server.
How do I fix CVE-2019-18340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-18340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Siemens Control Center Server (CCS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9mrf-w63c-fxfh.