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Vulnerability details: VCID-nq93-zvcm-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-nq93-zvcm-aaag
Aliases CVE-2017-5604
Summary 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 mcabber 1.0.0 - 1.0.4.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.9 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5604
generic_textual Medium https://mcabber.com/hg/rev/2a9569fd7644
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604
generic_textual Medium https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
generic_textual MODERATE https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
Reference id Reference type URL
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5604.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5604
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5604
https://mcabber.com/hg/rev/2a9569fd7644
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96184
854738 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854738
cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-5604 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.31091
EPSS Score 0.00229
Published At March 29, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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