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CVE-2012-1977: WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-311

Description

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.

Affected products

• WellinTech Kingview: 3.0

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-129-01
• http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=405
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-129-01.pdf

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