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CVE-2017-12778

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Published: May 9, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.1
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

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

Affected (1)

Qbittorrent
1 product
Qbittorrent
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Qbittorrent
Version 3.3.15

Related CWEs

CWE-287
Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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