CVE-2017-5592: Profanity Project vulnerability
Profanity Project · Profanity
Affected: Profanity Project · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 58% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
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).
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- February 2017
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-346cwe.mitre.org
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29openwall.com
- securityfocus.com/bid/96173securityfocus.com
- github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f748github.com
- rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbonsrt-solutions.de
- rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_cart-solutions.de