CVE-2017-12778
CVSS V2 Low 3.6
CVSS V3 High 7.1
Description
** DISPUTED ** The UI Lock feature in qBittorrent version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass, which allows Attack to gain unauthorized access to qBittorrent functions by tampering the affected flag value of the config file at the C:\Users\<username>\Roaming\qBittorrent pathname. The attacker must change the value of the "locked" attribute to "false" within the "Locking" stanza. NOTE: This is an intended behavior. See https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-12778
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2019-05-09T17:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-07-02T20:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:3.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 3.6
- Severity
- LOW
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 7.1
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.2
References
Reference URL | Reference Tags |
---|---|
https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
http://archive.is/eF2GR | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password |
Sources
Source Name | Source URL |
---|---|
NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12778 |
MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12778 |
History
Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-05-10 07:49:10 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
2022-12-03 20:31:02 | 2019-05-09T17:29Z | 2019-05-09T17:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
2022-12-03 20:31:02 | 2019-07-02T20:15:10 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
2022-12-03 20:31:02 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |