CVE-2015-0987 (GCVE-0-2015-0987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-03 10:00 – Updated: 2026-06-02 19:48
VLAI
Summary
Omron CX-One CX-Programmer before 9.6, CJ2M PLC devices before 2.1, and CJ2H PLC devices before 1.5 rely on cleartext password transmission, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a PLC unlock request.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-10-01 00:00
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