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 an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.

CVSS v3 7.4 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

7.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/raw	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4506-1/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-02-06 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:28

NVD link : CVE-2016-9928

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9928

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9928

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mcabber

mcabber

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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