What is CVE-2017-16718?

CVE-2017-16718 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Beckhoff Twincat, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-16718?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Beckhoff Twincat

CVE-2017-16718

Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 supports communication over ADS. ADS is a protocol for industrial automation in protected environments. This protocol uses user configured routes, that can be edited remotely via ADS. This special command supports encryp…

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Beckhoff Twincat — versions 3.0
Ics-cert Beckhoff Twincat — versions Version 3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16718?: CVE-2017-16718 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Beckhoff Twincat, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-16718?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.