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.
Published: 2017-12-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7915 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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Hitachienergy Ellipse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:20.504Z

Reserved: 2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16731

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-20T19:29:00.287

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16731

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