CVE-2017-5605

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 Movim 0.8 - 0.10.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-346

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96177
https://github.com/movim/moxl/commit/838b0a42efc3b67cc17d63e25ae1d0ea849cd89bPatch
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/96177
https://github.com/movim/moxl/commit/838b0a42efc3b67cc17d63e25ae1d0ea849cd89bPatch
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

Timeline

Published: Feb 9, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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