Description
An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Xabber (only if manually enabled: 1.0.30, 1.0.30 VIP, beta 1.0.3 - 1.0.74; Android).
Published: 2017-02-09
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14704 An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Xabber (only if manually enabled: 1.0.30, 1.0.30 VIP, beta 1.0.3 - 1.0.74; Android).
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.481Z

Reserved: 2017-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5606

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-09T20:59:00.527

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5606

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