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CVE-2017-9637

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.1)—

Schneider Electric Ampla MES 6.4 provides capability to interact with data from third party databases. When connectivity to those databases is configured to use a SQL user name and password, an attacker may be able to sniff details from the connection string. Schneider Electric recommends that users of Ampla MES versions 6.4 and prior should upgrade to Ampla MES version 6.5 as soon as possible.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

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      "value": "Schneider Electric Ampla MES 6.4 proporciona capacidades para interactuar con datos de bases de datos de terceros. Cuando la conectividad a esas bases de datos se configura para emplear un nombre de usuario y contraseña SQL, un atacante podría ser capaz de rastrear detalles de la cadena de conexión. Schneider Electric recomienda que los usuarios de Ampla MES en versiones 6.4 y anteriores actualicen a la versión 6.5 de Ampla MES tan pronto como les sea posible."
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