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CVE-2017-9857
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-287
Description
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected
Affected products
- SMA Sunny Boy 1.5 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 2.5 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 3.0 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 3.6 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 3000Tl Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 3600 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 3600Tl Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 4.0 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 4000Tl Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 5.0 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 5000 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy 5000Tl Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Boy Storage 2.5 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 1000Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 2200 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 500Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 630Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 720Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 760Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 800Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 850Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central 900Cp Xt Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 1000 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 2200 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 2500-Ev Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 500 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 630 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 720 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 760 Firmware: all versions
- SMA Sunny Central Storage 800 Firmware: all versions
References
- http://www.sma.de/en/statement-on-cyber-security.html
- http://www.sma.de/fileadmin/content/global/specials/documents/cyber-security/Whitepaper-Cyber-Security-AEN1732_07.pdf
- https://horusscenario.com/CVE-information/
- http://www.sma.de/en/statement-on-cyber-security.html
- http://www.sma.de/fileadmin/content/global/specials/documents/cyber-security/Whitepaper-Cyber-Security-AEN1732_07.pdf
- https://horusscenario.com/CVE-information/
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