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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-7905 json

A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions…

published 2017-06-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16876

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 760 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 469 Motor Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 489 Generator Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 4.06; SR 745 Transformer Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 369 Motor Protection Relay, all firmware versions; Multilin Universal Relay, firmware Version 6.0 and prior versions; and Multilin URplus (D90, C90, B95), all versions. Ciphertext versions of user passwords were created with a non-random initialization vector leaving them susceptible to dictionary attacks. Ciphertext of user passwords can be obtained from the front LCD panel of affected products and through issued Modbus commands.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-17-117-01B updated cvss 8.1

GE Multilin SR, UR, and URplus Protective Relays (Update B)

  • General Electric (GE) 339 Motor Protection Relay firmware < 2.30 General Electric (GE) 345 Transformer Protection Relay firmware < 2.30 General Electric (GE) 350 Feeder Protection Relay firmware < 2.30 General Electric (GE) 369 Motor Protection Relay 3.63 General Electric (GE) 369 Motor Protection Relay firmware < 3.63 General Electric (GE) 469 Motor Protection Relay 5.23
    +18 more products
    General Electric (GE) 469 Motor Protection Relay firmware < 5.23 General Electric (GE) 489 Generator Protection Relay 4.06 General Electric (GE) 489 Generator Protection Relay firmware < 4.06 General Electric (GE) 745 Transformer Protection Relay 5.23 General Electric (GE) 745 Transformer Protection Relay firmware < 5.23 General Electric (GE) 750 Feeder Protection Relay 7.47 General Electric (GE) 750 Feeder Protection Relay firmware < 7.47 General Electric (GE) 760 Feeder Protection Relay 7.47 General Electric (GE) 760 Feeder Protection Relay firmware < 7.47 General Electric (GE) B95Plus firmware 1.03 General Electric (GE) MM200 Motor Management System firmware < 1.25 General Electric (GE) MM300 Motor Management Relay firmware < 1.71 General Electric (GE) MX350 Relay firmware < 1.27 General Electric (GE) RPTCS firmware < 1.29 General Electric (GE) T1000 Switch firmware < 03A02 General Electric (GE) Universal Relay firmware >= 6.02, <= 6.05, 6.02 (excluding Version 5.83 Version 5.92 and all subsequent minor releases), 5.83, 5.92 General Electric (GE) URplus (D90 C90 B95) General Electric (GE) URplus firmware 1.86, 1.92
    affected: mitigation “GE's download link for 760 Feeder Protection Relay, Version 7.47 is as follows:” gegridsolutions.com

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

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
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

Affected products

  • n/a GE Multilin SR, UR, and URplus Protective Relays

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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