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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-7575 json

Schneider Electric Modicon TM221CE16R 1.3.3.3 devices allow remote attackers to discover the application-protection password via a \x00\x01…

published 2017-04-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16580

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Schneider Electric Modicon TM221CE16R 1.3.3.3 devices allow remote attackers to discover the application-protection password via a \x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x05\x01\x5a\x00\x03\x00 request to the Modbus port (502/tcp). Subsequently the application may be arbitrarily downloaded, modified, and uploaded.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-103-02A updated cvss 10.0

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 PLCs and SoMachine Basic (Update A)

  • Schneider Electric Software, LLC Modicon M221 PLC <= 1.5.0.1 Schneider Electric Software, LLC SoMachine Basic > 1.5
    affected: mitigation “Schneider Electric recommends that users store project files in secure, access-restricted locations and encrypt project files with reputable third party file encryption tools.”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

4.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • os-s.net https://os-s.net/advisories/OSS-2017-01.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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