CVE-2023-40724 (GCVE-0-2023-40724)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-12 09:32 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:56
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in QMS Automotive (All versions < V12.39). User credentials are found in memory as plaintext. An attacker could perform a memory dump, and get access to credentials, and use it for impersonation.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-26 21:51 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-316 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Siemens QMS Automotive Affected: All versions < V12.39
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