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    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-16731",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                {
                    "product": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "ABB Ellipse",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "ABB Ellipse"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "n/a"
                }
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    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "An Unprotected Transport of Credentials issue was discovered in ABB Ellipse 8.3 through Ellipse 8.9 released prior to December 2017 (including Ellipse Select). A vulnerability exists in the authentication of Ellipse to LDAP/AD using the LDAP protocol. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sniffing local network traffic, allowing the discovery of authentication credentials."
            }
        ]
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    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-523"
                    }
                ]
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01"
            }
        ]
    }
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