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CVE-2017-16731 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 CVEThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials[email protected]
CWE-523Unprotected Transport of Credentials[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
hitachienergy ellipse
>= 8.3.0, <= 8.9.0

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16731
NVD Published Date:
Dec 20, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-16731 Details - Not Deferred