Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw affects older Schneider Electric ClearSCADA and SCADA Expert ClearSCADA versions that used MD5 in an X.509 certificate. MD5 is weak, so an attacker could have an easier path to impersonating a server. The business risk is trust failure in SCADA communications, not system takeover by itself.
Executive priority
Handle as a moderate-priority industrial control risk. It is old and not KEV-listed in the supplied evidence, but remaining affected deployments could undermine trusted SCADA communications and should be remediated through vendor-approved maintenance planning.
Technical view
CVE-2014-5413 is a cryptographic weakness in specified ClearSCADA releases from 2010 R3 through 2014 R1.1. The CVSS v2 vector is network reachable, low complexity, unauthenticated, with partial confidentiality and integrity impact. The reported issue is MD5 use in an X.509 certificate, enabling server spoofing through cryptographic attack.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations still operating the listed Schneider Electric ClearSCADA or SCADA Expert ClearSCADA builds, especially where clients trust affected server certificates across routable or remote-access networks.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The plausible attack context is server impersonation against SCADA communications where certificate trust depends on MD5-signed material. Evidence provided does not support claims of public exploit use.
Researcher notes
The source bundle identifies affected versions and the cryptographic condition but does not include patch details or exploit telemetry. Avoid overstating impact beyond server spoofing with partial confidentiality and integrity impact under CVSS v2.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory ClearSCADA and SCADA Expert ClearSCADA versions against the affected build list.
- Check Schneider Electric and CISA advisory guidance for supported remediation steps.
- Prioritize removing MD5-based certificate trust where vendor guidance allows.
- Limit untrusted network access to affected SCADA services pending remediation.
- Treat certificate changes as operational changes requiring SCADA owner approval.
Validation and detection
- Confirm product name, version, and build on each ClearSCADA server.
- Review certificate algorithms in the affected deployment for MD5 use.
- Verify remote access paths that could reach affected SCADA services.
- Check whether vendor remediation guidance has been applied and documented.
- Record compensating controls if affected systems cannot be upgraded immediately.
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.4 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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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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