CVE-2017-9856

LOW

SMA Solar Technology - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. Sniffed passwords from SMAdata2+ communication can be decrypted very easily. The passwords are "encrypted" using a very simple encryption algorithm. This enables an attacker to find the plaintext passwords and authenticate to the device. NOTE: the vendor reports that only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected

Scores

CVSS v3 3.4
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-256
Status published
Products (39)
sma/sunny_boy_1.5_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_2.5_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3.0_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3.6_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3000tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3600_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_3600tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_4.0_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_4000tl_firmware
sma/sunny_boy_5.0_firmware
... and 29 more
Published Aug 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026