CVE-2016-9928 describes a roster push vulnerability in MCabber versions prior to 1.0.4, impacting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) allows remote attackers to intercept communications or impersonate users by adding themselves to a third party's roster via crafted XMPP packets. While the attack complexity is high, successful exploitation could lead to significant confidentiality and integrity breaches. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, < 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcabber:mcabber:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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