CVE-2017-16541, dubbed "TorMoil," is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Tor Browser before version 7.0.9 on macOS and Linux. It allows remote attackers to bypass Tor's anonymity feature and discover a client's real IP address through a crafted website exploiting a file:// mishandling flaw in Firefox. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability received some community attention and media coverage upon discovery.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.