National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0174

Overview

GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#180876

Name: VU#180876

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876

External Source: BID

Name: 30754

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080125 C4 Security Advisory - GE Fanuc Proficy Information Portal 2.6 Authentication Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459

Hyperlink:http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019273

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080129 Re: C4 Security Advisory - GE Fanuc Proficy Information Portal 2.6 Authentication Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3590

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590