CVE-2017-7905 describes a critical weak cryptography vulnerability affecting various General Electric (GE) Multilin SR and Universal Relay firmware versions. This flaw allows for dictionary attacks against user passwords due to the use of non-random initialization vectors when encrypting passwords, which can be obtained via the front LCD panel or Modbus commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilin_sr_750_feeder_protection_relay_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilin_sr_760_feeder_protection_relay_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilin_sr_469_motor_protection_relay_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilin_sr_489_generator_protection_relay_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ge:multilin_sr_745_transformer_protection_relay_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.