VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16731
A vulnerability exists in the authentication of Ellipse to LDAP/AD using the LDAP protocol.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.72%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-523, CWE-522
- Affected
- hitachienergy/ellipse
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
References
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.