CVE-2016-9928
HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: February 6, 2020 at 01:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxMCabber
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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/rawx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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