CVE-2017-5592

MEDIUM

Profanity - Origin Validation Error

Title source: rule

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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

References (5)

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96173

[Patch] https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[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://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-346 CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

profanity_project/profanity

Timeline

Published Feb 09, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026