CVE-2012-4693 describes a weak encryption vulnerability in Invensys Wonderware InTouch 2012 R2 and earlier, as well as Siemens ProcessSuite. The flaw allows local users to easily discover passwords stored in the Ps_security.ini file due to the use of a weak encryption algorithm. With a CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invensys:wonderware_intouch:*:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:processsuite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.