CVE-2017-5602

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 jappix 1.0.0 to 1.1.6.

• CWE-20
• CWE-346

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96176
• https://github.com/jappix/jappix/commit/ea6de7c65b80880bdf85df47c1a8a5d3d68491afPatch
• https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96176
• https://github.com/jappix/jappix/commit/ea6de7c65b80880bdf85df47c1a8a5d3d68491afPatch
• https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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