CVE-2017-17688
What it is
The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB) malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code (MDC) feature or accept an obsolete packet type, not a problem in the OpenPGP specification
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 5.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 5.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Apple Mail
- Bloop Airmail
- Emclient
- Flipdogsolutions Maildroid
- Freron Mailmate
- Horde Imp
- Microsoft Outlook 2007
- Mozilla Thunderbird
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
References
- http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904
- https://efail.de
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419
- https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail
- https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22
- http://flaked.sockpuppet.org/2018/05/16/a-unified-timeline.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040904
- https://efail.de
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17066419
- https://protonmail.com/blog/pgp-vulnerability-efail
- https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995996706457243648
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-15-18814817
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_22