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CVE-2017-5592

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
09/02/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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