CVE-2012-1977 (GCVE-0-2012-1977)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-05-09 10:00
Modified
2025-06-26 21:30
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WellinTech KingSCADA Version: 3.0
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