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GHSA-7RFV-3PC8-CP7X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:37 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:37

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2017-16731 (GCVE-0-2017-16731)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:35

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-523

Assigner

icscert CNA under the icscert root

CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 342 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	ABB Ellipse	Affected: ABB Ellipse

Date Public

2017-12-20 00:00

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