CVE-2017-6028

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6028
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-30 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-522 | CWE-522 CWE-522


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Schneider-electric Modicon M241 - All All All
Operating System Schneider-electric Modicon M241 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Schneider-electric Modicon M251 - All All All
Operating System Schneider-electric Modicon M251 Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs affected Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Multiple Schneider Electric Modicon Products Weak Cryptography Multiple Security Weaknesses af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590488 Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerability (ICSA-17-089-02)
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