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7.4high

CVE-2016-9928

MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as…

Published 6 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.4
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.5%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD2.05.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • MCabber MCabber

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1403790 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bitbucket.org /McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/raw · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • gultsch.de /gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94862 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4506-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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