PT-2017-8699 · Dominik Reichl+1 · Keepass+1

Olem · Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2017-01-24 · CVE-2016-5119

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KeePass versions 2.33 and earlier

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the version check response and supplying a crafted update.

Recommendations For versions 2.33 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.33 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5119

Affected Products

Keepass

Keepass2

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bogner.sh/2016/03/mitm-attack-against-keepass-2s-update-check · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5119 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/e430cc12 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137274/KeePass-2-Man-In-The-Middle.html · Note