VDB
CVE-2017-17848
CVE-2017-17848
PUBLISHED
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.
EPSS 0.87% · 75.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.87%
75.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | enigmail | 0, 2:1.8.2-4fakesync1, 2:1.9.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | enigmail | 0, *, 2:1.5.2-0ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/ (circl)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171223 [SECURITY] [DLA 1219-1] enigmail security update (circl)
- DSA-4070 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20190430 Spoofing OpenPGP and S/MIME Signatures in Emails (multiple clients) (circl)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html (circl)
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired (circl)
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf (circl)
- 20190430 OpenPGP and S/MIME signature forgery attacks in multiple email clients (cve.org)
Timeline
- Dec 22, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17848 third-party-advisory
- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17848 third-party-advisory