CVE-2017-16731 (GCVE-0-2017-16731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-20 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
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.
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Vendor Product Version
n/a ABB Ellipse Version: ABB Ellipse
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