VDB
CVE-2017-5592
CVE-2017-5592
PUBLISHED
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).
EPSS 0.24% · 47.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.24%
47.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | profanity | 0, 0.4.6-1, 0.4.7-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 (nist-nvd)
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/ (nist-nvd)
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf (nist-nvd)
- 96173 (circl)
- https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b (circl)
- XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability (0day-today)
- XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability (0day-today)
Timeline
- Feb 9, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 10, 2017 PoC 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 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-2017-5592 third-party-advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b third-party-advisory
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/ third-party-advisory
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5592 third-party-advisory