CVE-2018-17613 describes a critical vulnerability in Telegram Desktop (tdesktop) version 1.3.16 alpha, where enabling the "Use proxy" option causes credentials and application data to be transmitted in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a high potential for compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:1.3.16:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.