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 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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:3.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:10

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References () http://archive.is/eF2GR - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () http://archive.is/eF2GR - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password - () https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password -
References () https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada - () https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada -

07 Nov 2023, 02:38

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References
  • {'url': 'https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada', 'name': 'https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada -
Summary ** DISPUTED ** 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. 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

Information

Published : 2019-05-09 17:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:10


NVD link : CVE-2017-12778

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12778

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12778


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Products Affected

qbittorrent

  • qbittorrent
CWE
CWE-287

Improper Authentication