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Credentials Management Errors

CVE-2016-8566

High
7.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Siemens SICAM PAS before 8.00. Because of Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format, an authenticated local attacker with certain privileges could possibly reconstruct the passwords of users for accessing the database.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-255 - Credentials Management Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of credentials.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published