FKIE_CVE-2017-16731

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-20 19:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
hitachienergy ellipse *
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