CVE-2017-16731 json
An Unprotected Transport of Credentials issue was discovered in ABB Ellipse 8.3 through Ellipse 8.9 released prior to December 2017 (includ…
published 2017-12-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7915
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-17-353-01 updated cvss 6.5
ABB Ellipse
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ABB Ellipse 8.8.12, 8.6.21, 8.9.6, 8.5.26affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Ellipse 8.5.26 Release 7, Dec 2017”
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- n/a ABB Ellipse
Classification
References
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-16731
- NVD CVE-2017-16731
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