PT-2017-16595 · Chatsecure+1 · Chatsecure+1

Georg Lukas · Published 2017-02-09 · Updated 2017-03-01 · CVE-2017-5590

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ChatSecure versions 3.2.0 through 4.0.0 Zom versions prior to 1.0.11

Description The issue is related to an incorrect implementation of XEP-0280: Message Carbons in multiple XMPP clients. This allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display, enabling various kinds of social engineering attacks.

Recommendations For ChatSecure versions 3.2.0 through 4.0.0, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Zom versions prior to 1.0.11, update to version 1.0.11 or later to fix the problem.

Exploit

Fix

Origin Validation Error

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-346

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5590

Affected Products

Chatsecure

Zom

References · 8

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf · Exploit
• 🔥 https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons · Exploit
• https://github.com/ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS/commit/a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856 · Patch
• https://github.com/zom/Zom-iOS/commit/880051eaa8ba32d1b257c87a7d8798a93561bfd3 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5590 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5590 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96165 · Note