CVE-2012-1977

highpriority · track · 28OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.79% (56th) EPSS

CVSS 7.1 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationWellinTech KingSCADAcisa_csaf_ot
WellinTech has provided the following link to the latest version of KingSCADA: (http://download.kingview.com/software/KingSCADA/EN/KingSCADA3.1_2012-04-16EN.rar). According to WellinTech, this new version securely hashes passwords. ICS-CERT has not tested the new version to verify this.
http://download.kingview.com/software/KingSCADA/EN/KingSCADA3.1_2012-04-16EN.rar

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.1

v2.07.1highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.9

v2.07.1highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US

v2.07.1highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v2.07.1highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.9

v2.06mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-255USCWE-311USCWE-311US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

WellinTech WellinTech KingSCADA: 3.0all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
WellinTech WellinTech KingSCADAall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
WellinTech KingSCADA≤ 3.0enisa_euvdEU
wellintech kingview= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wellintech:kingview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-12-129-01WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption2012-02-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-05-09modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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