CVE-2020-15785
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments...
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-15785- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-15785- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7768 No score
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7768- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mp5j-ppmx-jxv4
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments...
A vulnerability has been identified in Siveillance Video Client (All versions). In environments where Windows NTLM authentication is enabled the affected client application transmits usernames to the server in cleartext. This could allow an attacker in a privileged network position to obtain valid adminstrator login names and use this information to launch further attacks.
- Record
GHSA-mp5j-ppmx-jxv4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15785 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Siemens Siveillance Video Client, published September 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.