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CVE-2017-5589

Date: February 9, 2017

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 yaxim and Bruno (0.8.6 - 0.8.8; Android).

Language: Java

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://github.com/ge0rg/yaxim/commit/65a38dc77545d9568732189e86089390f0ceaf9f
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96170
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5589
https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5589

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Origin Validation Error

CWE-346

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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