CVE-2017-12778
qBittorrent Authentication Bypass
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
INFO
Published Date :
May 9, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 5, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag MITRE disputed -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** 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. 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 Added Reference MITRE https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 02, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://qbittorrent.com [Product, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 10, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type http://qbittorrent.com No Types Assigned http://qbittorrent.com Product, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://archive.is/eF2GR No Types Assigned http://archive.is/eF2GR Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada No Types Assigned https://medium.com/@BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-287 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:3.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction
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0.07 }} 0.01%
score
0.29886
percentile