CVE-2012-1977 json
WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
published 2012-05-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1986
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 2.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-12-129-01 updated cvss 7.1
WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption
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WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0affected: mitigation
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 2.0 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- WellinTech KingSCADA
Classification
References
- cisa.gov /news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-129-01
- dsecrg.com /pages/vul/show.php?id=405
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us-cert.gov
/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-129-01.pdf
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-1977
- NVD CVE-2012-1977
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