Remote Impersonation Vulnerability in yaxim and Bruno (Android) XMPP Clients

Remote Impersonation Vulnerability in yaxim and Bruno (Android) XMPP Clients

CVE-2017-5589 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for yaxim and Bruno (0.8.6 - 0.8.8; Android).

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