CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5155

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Wonderware Historian 2014 R2 SP1 P01 and earlier related to the creation of logins with default passwords. This can allow a malicious entity to compromise Historian databases.

Risk Assessment

Compromise of databases may lead to data loss and integrity breaches. In some installation scenarios, resources beyond those created by Wonderware Historian may also be at risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to change default passwords to strong, unique ones and conduct a security audit of the system. Access to databases should also be restricted to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Wonderware Historian 2014 R2 SP1 P01 and earlier. Wonderware Historian creates logins with default passwords, which can allow a malicious entity to compromise Historian databases. In some installation scenarios, resources beyond those created by Wonderware Historian may be compromised as well.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS