CVE-2017-7933 is a critical vulnerability affecting ABB IP GATEWAY versions 3.39 and prior, where configuration files store passwords in plain-text. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely gain full control over the system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 9.8. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abb:ip_gateway_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.