VDB-101622 · CVE-2017-9149 · GCVE-0-2017-9149

Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit 0.6/0.6.1 Clean Metadata information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit 0.6/0.6.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Clean Metadata. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-9149. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit 0.6/0.6.1. Affected is an unknown part of the component Clean Metadata. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit (MAT) 0.6 and 0.6.1 silently fails to perform "Clean metadata" actions upon invocation from the Nautilus contextual menu, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a file for which cleaning had been attempted.

The bug was discovered 05/26/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at 0xacab.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-9149 since 05/22/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

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Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: 0xacab.org

Timelineinfo

05/22/2017 🔍
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05/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/26/2017 +3 days 🔍
12/07/2022 +2021 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 8f6303a1f26fe8dad83ba96ab8328dbdfa3af59a
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-9149 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101622

Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2017 09:02
Updated: 12/07/2022 07:28
Changes: 05/23/2017 09:02 (54), 10/25/2019 17:18 (1), 12/07/2022 07:28 (4)
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