CVE-2017-16731

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-523CWE-522

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 20, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-16731: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix