VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-16731

high
Published 2017-12-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
hitachienergyellipse{"startIncluding":"8.3.0","endIncluding":"8.9.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-523 CWE-522

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.