Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Ampla MES - CVE-2017-9637
Published: July 7, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7374
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9637
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Affected software:
Ampla MES
Ampla MES
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain credentials on the target system.
The weakness exists due to cleartext transmission of sensitive information. When connectivity to third party databases is configured to use a SQL user name and password, a local attacker sniff details from the connection string.
Successful exploitation may result in compromise of credentials used to connect to third party databases.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9637
Update to version 6.5.