CVE-2017-6034 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric Modicon Modbus and Modbus_firmware products. It allows an attacker to capture and replay sensitive cleartext commands (run, stop, upload, download) due to the protocol's lack of encryption. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modbus_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.