CVE-2017-16731

lowpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.72% (54th) EPSS

CVSS 2.9 · low

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An Unprotected Transport of Credentials issue was discovered in ABB Ellipse 8.3 through Ellipse 8.9 released prior to December 2017 (including Ellipse Select). A vulnerability exists in the authentication of Ellipse to LDAP/AD using the LDAP protocol. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sniffing local network traffic, allowing the discovery of authentication credentials.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedEllipsecisa_csaf_ot
Ellipse 8.7.18 Release 7, Dec 2017
MitigationEllipsecisa_csaf_ot
Ellipse 8.5.26 Release 7, Dec 2017

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.9–8.8

v2.02.9lowAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 5.5 · impact 2.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-523USCWE-523US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Ellipse 8.5.26: Release 7 Dec 2017all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Ellipse 8.6.21: Release 5 Dec 2017all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Ellipse 8.7.18: Release 7 Dec 2017all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Ellipse 8.8.12: Release 7 Dec 2017all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Ellipse 8.9.6: Release 7 Dec 2017all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
ABB Ellipseall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
n/a ABB Ellipse≤ ABB Ellipseenisa_euvdEU
hitachienergy ellipse8.3.0 → 8.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hitachienergy:ellipse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-17-353-01ABB Ellipse2017-12-19icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-12-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://search-ext.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK107045A7341&Action=LaunchPatchcnnvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 cnnvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01 enisa_euvd
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd

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