CVE-2017-12778
The UI Lock feature in qBittorrent version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass, which allows Attack to gain unauthorized access t…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
Summary
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
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
- medium.com /%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- archive.is /eF2GR · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- github.com /qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-12778
- NVD: CVE-2017-12778
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