{"id":"CVE-2017-5604","details":"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 mcabber 1.0.0 - 1.0.4.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:16:26.239270Z","published":"2017-02-09T20:59:00.450Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96184"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://mcabber.com/hg/rev/2a9569fd7644"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.0.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.0.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.0.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.0.3"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.0.4"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5604.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}