Man-in-the-middle attack in IGSS Mobile - CVE-2017-9968

 

Man-in-the-middle attack in IGSS Mobile - CVE-2017-9968

Published: February 16, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10622
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9968
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Affected software:
IGSS Mobile

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.

The weakness exists due to lack of certificate pinning during the TLS/SSL connection establishing process. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to monitor the traffic and access or modify sensitive information.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9968

Install update from vendor's website.

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