CVE-2017-16718
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-327
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Publication date:
27/06/2018
Last modified:
09/10/2019
Description
Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 supports communication over ADS. ADS is a protocol for industrial automation in protected environments. This protocol uses user configured routes, that can be edited remotely via ADS. This special command supports encrypted authentication with username/password. The encryption uses a fixed key, that could be extracted by an attacker. Precondition of the exploitation of this weakness is network access at the moment a route is added.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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