Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2017
CVE-2017-9868
In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
MO
Mosquitto · Eclipse
through 1.4.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9868
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9868
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html
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