6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-12610
Apache Kafka SASL Impersonation Vulnerability
Description

In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-12610 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-12610 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache kafka

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Repository for the sudo group.

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
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Born at : Sept. 5, 2019, 12:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-12610 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-12610 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.10.0.0 up to (including) 0.10.2.1 *cpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.11.0.0 up to (including) 0.11.0.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-12610 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} 0.03%

score

0.55038

percentile

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