CVE-2017-16718

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ICS-CERTBeckhoff TwinCATVersion 3affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-522

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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