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CVE-2017-9868

Date: June 25, 2017

In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9868

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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