CVE-2017-8371

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Published 2017-04-30 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.8

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

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Center Expert before 7.4.0 uses cleartext RAM storage for passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

77%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2016-343-01

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
schneider-electric	struxureware_data_center_expert	`{"endIncluding":"7.3.1"}`

References

http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2016-343-01
http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/security-risk/schneider-patches-critical-vulnerability-in-struxureware-dcim/97738.fullarticle
http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2016-343-01
http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/security-risk/schneider-patches-critical-vulnerability-in-struxureware-dcim/97738.fullarticle

CWEs

CWE-522

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