NVD - CVE-2017-17688

CVE-2017-17688 Detail

Current Description

** DISPUTED ** The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 05/16/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://efail.de	Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html	Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648	Third Party Advisory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22	Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Cryptographic Issues (CWE-310)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 6/27/2018 1:56:19 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 602 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:mail:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:apple:mail:-:::::iphone_os::* cpe:2.3:a:bloop:airmail:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:emclient:emclient:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:flipdogsolutions:maildroid:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:freron:mailmate:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:horde:horde_imp:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:-::::::: cpe:2.3:a:postbox-inc:postbox:-:::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-310
Changed	Reference Type	http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html No Types Assigned	http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://efail.de No Types Assigned	https://efail.de Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html No Types Assigned	https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419 No Types Assigned	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail No Types Assigned	https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648 No Types Assigned	https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817 No Types Assigned	https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22 No Types Assigned	https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-17688
NVD Published Date:
05/16/2018
NVD Last Modified:
06/27/2018

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