CVE-2017-16731

An Unprotected Transport of Credentials issue was discovered in ABB Ellipse 8.3 through Ellipse 8.9 released prior to December 2017 (including Ellipse Select). A vulnerability exists in the authentication of Ellipse to LDAP/AD using the LDAP protocol. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sniffing local network traffic, allowing the discovery of authentication credentials.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 2.9 LOW

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 5.5 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hitachienergy:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-12-20 19:29

Updated : 2023-05-16 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2017-16731

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16731

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16731

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Products Affected

hitachienergy

ellipse

CWE

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CWE-523

Unprotected Transport of Credentials

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