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.
Weakness
Login pages do not use adequate measures to protect the user name and password while they are in transit from the client to the server.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellipse | Hitachienergy | 8.3.0 (including) | 8.9.0 (including) |