What is CVE-2017-9859?

CVE-2017-9859 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sma Sunny_boy_1.5, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-9859?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sma Sunny_boy_1.5

CVE-2017-9859

An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The inverters make use of a weak hashing algorithm to encrypt the password for REGISTER requests. This hashing algorithm can be cracked relatively easily. An attacker will likely be…

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9859?: CVE-2017-9859 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sma Sunny_boy_1.5, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-9859?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.