CVE-2017-5589

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
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 yaxim and Bruno (0.8.6 - 0.8.8; Android).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5589
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-09T20:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-01T02:59:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:bruno:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:bruno:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:bruno:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:yaxim:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:yaxim:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:yaxim:yaxim:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/ Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ge0rg/yaxim/commit/65a38dc77545d9568732189e86089390f0ceaf9f Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96170
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5589
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5589
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:47:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:48:14 2017-02-09T20:59Z 2017-02-09T20:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:48:14 2017-03-01T02:59:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:48:14 Modified Vulnerability Status updated