Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-9604

Title: Kde Kmail Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-9604.

CWE Category CWE-311

Published Date Jun 13, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.29%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-9604: KDE kmail before 5.5.2 and messagelib before 5.5.2, as distributed in KDE Applications before 17.04.2, do not ensure that a plugin's sign/encrypt action occurs during use of the Send Later feature, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Impacted Vendors

kmail 1

kde 2

Reference Links

https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8 https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197 https://commits.kde.org/kmail/78c5552be2f00a4ac25bd77ca39386522fca70a8 https://commits.kde.org/messagelib/c54706e990bbd6498e7b1597ec7900bc809e8197

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns