CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17691

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Sep 07, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Homeputer CL Studio fur HomeMatic 4.0 Rel 160808 and earlier uses cleartext to exchange the username and password between server and client instances, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man in the middle attack.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Homeputer_cl_studio_fur_homematicContronics*4.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References