CVE-2017-6028

An Insufficiently Protected Credentials issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Modicon M241, all firmware versions, and Modicon M251, all firmware versions. Log-in credentials are sent over the network with Base64 encoding leaving them susceptible to sniffing. Sniffed credentials could then be used to log into the web application.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-089-02	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97254	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m251:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-06-29 20:29

Updated : 2022-02-03 05:41

NVD link : CVE-2017-6028

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6028

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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Products Affected

schneider-electric

modicon_m251_firmware
modicon_m251
modicon_m241_firmware
modicon_m241

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