CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-17613

Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.16 alpha, when "Use proxy" is enabled, sends credentials and application data in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:1.3.16:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-09-28 10:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-17613

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17613

Products Affected

Telegram

Telegram Desktop

CWE
CWE-522