Summary
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could expose cleartext credentials for the network user account or for logged-in users to an authorized, low privilege user. The cleartext credentials would also be exposed if the user creates a diagnostic memory dump of the relevant process and saves it to a non-protected location where an unauthorized, malicious user can access it.
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
AVEVA System Platform Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
AVEVA System Platform 2020 stores sensitive information in cleartext, which may allow access to an attacker or a low-privileged user.
Revision history
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ICSA-22-067-02 AVEVA System Platform
References
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ICS Advisory ICSA-22-067-02 Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-067-02
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-067-02
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B