High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16731
CVE-2017-16731
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.
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References
1- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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