CVE-2017-16731

CVSS V2 Low 2.9 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16731
  • Assigner
  • ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-20T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:25:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-522 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:abb:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.3.0 8.9.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 5.5
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16731
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16731
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:10:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:15:34 2017-12-20T19:29Z 2017-12-20T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:15:34 2019-10-09T23:25:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:15:34 Modified Vulnerability Status updated