CVE-2017-16731 describes an Unprotected Transport of Credentials vulnerability in ABB Ellipse versions 8.3 through 8.9 (prior to December 2017), including Ellipse Select, specifically affecting its authentication to LDAP/AD. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an attacker on the local network to sniff traffic and discover authentication credentials due to the insecure LDAP protocol usage. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 67/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.3.0, <= 8.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hitachienergy:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.