Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This vulnerability affects older Schneider Electric ClearSCADA and SCADA Expert ClearSCADA versions. A remote attacker could use guest account access to read database records. For industrial environments, the concern is unauthorized visibility into operational data rather than system takeover based on the supplied CVSS vector.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate legacy ICS risk. It is unlikely to warrant emergency action without exposed affected systems, but it should be resolved during SCADA lifecycle, segmentation, or access-control review.
Technical view
CVE-2014-5412 is an improper authentication issue in ClearSCADA/SCADA Expert ClearSCADA 2010 R3 through 2014 R1. The reported vector is network-accessible, low complexity, and unauthenticated, with partial confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant where affected ClearSCADA builds remain deployed and reachable over a network, especially if guest account access is enabled or insufficiently restricted. The source bundle lists specific 2010 R3, 2013 R1/R2, and 2014 R1 builds.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Public information provided only states that remote attackers can read database records by leveraging guest account access.
Researcher notes
The bundle identifies CWE-287 and CVSS 2.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. Evidence is incomplete on exact vendor fixes in the supplied text, so remediation should be tied to the cited advisories rather than assumed.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory deployments against the affected Schneider Electric product and build list.
- Review Schneider Electric and CISA advisory guidance before changing production SCADA systems.
- Apply vendor-supported upgrades, patches, or configuration changes where available.
- Restrict guest account access where operationally safe and vendor-supported.
- Limit network reachability to ClearSCADA services using existing ICS segmentation controls.
Validation and detection
- Confirm product name, version, and build on each ClearSCADA server.
- Check whether guest account access is enabled or exposed.
- Review network paths that can reach ClearSCADA services.
- Verify remediation status against Schneider Electric or CISA advisory guidance.
- Document any unsupported legacy systems requiring compensating controls.
Public sources used
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CWE-287: Credential and account abuse lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.4 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N104.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 2.0 score
6.4MediumVector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-259-01aCVE reference
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2014/icsa-14-259-01a.jsonCVE reference
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-259-01CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
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CWE details
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Improper Authentication
Improper Authentication represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.