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CVE-2017-12778

N/A
Published: May 9, 2019 at 04:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorqBittorrent

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

The UI Lock feature in qBittorrent version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass, which allows Attack to gain unauthorized access to qBittorrent functions by tampering the affected flag value of the config file at the C:\Users\<username>\Roaming\qBittorrent pathname. The attacker must change the value of the "locked" attribute to "false" within the "Locking" stanza. NOTE: This is an intended behavior. See https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archive.is/eF2GR
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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