CVE-2018-17613 Information

Description

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

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280 https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8