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CRITICAL
CVE-2017-6028
Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Credentials Sniffing Vulnerability
Description

An Insufficiently Protected Credentials issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Modicon M241, all firmware versions, and Modicon M251, all firmware versions. Log-in credentials are sent over the network with Base64 encoding leaving them susceptible to sniffing. Sniffed credentials could then be used to log into the web application.

INFO

Published Date :

June 30, 2017, 3:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:28 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-6028 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-6028 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Schneider-electric modicon_m241_firmware
2 Schneider-electric modicon_m251_firmware
3 Schneider-electric modicon_m241
4 Schneider-electric modicon_m251
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-6028.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-089-02 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-089-02 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-089-02
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.3.20 OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.3.20 OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.3.20 OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.0.3.20 OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20 OR *cpe:2.3:o:se:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.3.20
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-522
  • 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]

    Jul. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/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-17-089-02 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-089-02 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-255
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:4.0.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:4.0.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6028 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-2017-6028 weaknesses.

CAPEC-50: Password Recovery Exploitation Password Recovery Exploitation CAPEC-102: Session Sidejacking Session Sidejacking CAPEC-474: Signature Spoofing by Key Theft Signature Spoofing by Key Theft CAPEC-509: Kerberoasting Kerberoasting CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service Modify Existing Service CAPEC-555: Remote Services with Stolen Credentials Remote Services with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-560: Use of Known Domain Credentials Use of Known Domain Credentials CAPEC-561: Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-600: Credential Stuffing Credential Stuffing CAPEC-644: Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) CAPEC-645: Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) CAPEC-652: Use of Known Kerberos Credentials Use of Known Kerberos Credentials CAPEC-653: Use of Known Operating System Credentials Use of Known Operating System Credentials
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.01%

score

0.58855

percentile

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