VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5605
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.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 Movim 0.8 - 0.10.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-346
- Affected
- movim/movim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96177
- https://github.com/movim/moxl/commit/838b0a42efc3b67cc17d63e25ae1d0ea849cd89bPatch
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96177
- https://github.com/movim/moxl/commit/838b0a42efc3b67cc17d63e25ae1d0ea849cd89bPatch
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.