CVE-2017-7903
CRITICALEPSS 84th pctlDescription
A Weak Password Requirements issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions and Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers 1766-L32AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXBA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1766-L32AWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions. The affected products use a numeric password with a small maximum character size for the password.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2019-17444 | Critical | 9.8 | 69% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2012-2441 | High | 8.5 | 8.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-3186 | Critical | 9.8 | 6.1% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-1000134 | Critical | 9.8 | 4.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-18988 | High | 7.0 | 4.7% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2017-6339 | Medium | 6.5 | 4.1% | - | - |
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