WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption

Vulnerabilities 1

• High 7.1
  CVE-2012-1977

  WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

  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.

  WellinTech KingSCADA
  May 9, 2012

Revision history

1. 2025-06-06 #2

   Advisory converted into a CSAF

2. 2012-02-09 #1

   Initial Publication

References

• ICS Advisory ICSA-12-129-01 - Web Version
  https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-129-01
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
• Recommended Practices
  https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/publications/emailscams0905.pdf
• Recommended Practices
  https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/tips/ST04-014