CVE-2017-16718

Medium

Description

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 encrypted authentication with username/password. The encryption uses a fixed key, that could be extracted by an attacker. Precondition of the exploitation of this weakness is network access at the moment a route is added.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductBeckhoff Twincat
PublishedJun 27, 2018
First seenJun 27, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-522CWE-522

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
beckhoff twincat3.0—

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