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CVE-2017-9860

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
05/08/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. An attacker can use Sunny Explorer or the SMAdata2+ network protocol to update the device firmware without ever having to authenticate. If an attacker is able to create a custom firmware version that is accepted by the inverter, the inverter is compromised completely. This allows the attacker to do nearly anything: for example, giving access to the local OS, creating a botnet, using the inverters as a stepping stone into companies, etc. NOTE: the vendor reports that this attack has always been blocked by "a final integrity and compatibility check." Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_boy_3600_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_boy_3600:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_boy_5000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_boy_5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_core1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_tripower_core1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_15000tl_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_tripower_15000tl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_20000tl_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_tripower_20000tl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_25000tl_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_tripower_25000tl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_5000tl_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:sma:sunny_tripower_5000tl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sma:sunny_tripower_12000tl_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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