CVE-2017-16731
"ABB Ellipse LDAP/AD Credential Sniffing"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 20, 2017, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 16, 2023, 8:10 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-16731.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
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CVE-2017-16731 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
May. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:abb:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.3.0 from (including) 8.9.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:hitachienergy:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.3.0 from (including) 8.9.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-523 -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-255 CWE-522 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Added CWE CWE-255 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:abb:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.3.0 up to (including) 8.9.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-16731 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-16731
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} -0.00%
score
0.29896
percentile