# CVE-2020-15785: Information disclosure in Siveillance Video Client

> An attacker in a privileged network position can capture cleartext usernames from Siveillance Video Client when NTLM authentication is enabled, facilitating further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mp5j-ppmx-jxv4

## What is CVE-2020-15785?

CVE-2020-15785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG Siveillance Video Client, published on 9 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15785?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Siveillance Video Client.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-15785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-15785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-15785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2020-15785 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-15785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG Siveillance Video Client, published on 9 Sep 2020. 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-2020-15785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG Siveillance Video Client. 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-2020-15785/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15785/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15785
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15785
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15785

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