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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5606

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Xabber (only if manually enabled: 1.0.30, 1.0.30 VIP, beta 1.0.3 - 1.0.74; Android).

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1 Nov 2026, 08:16 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-5606

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Feb 2017, 20:59 UTC

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Xabber (only if manually enabled: 1.0.30, 1.0.30 VIP, beta 1.0.3 - 1.0.74; Android).

osv:CVE-2017-5606
Complete source record
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    "summary": "An incorrect implementation of \"XEP-0280: Message Carbons\" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Xabber (only if manually enabled: 1.0.30, 1.0.30 VIP, beta 1.0.3 - 1.0.74; Android).",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.181728533Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/",
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  "document_id": 440690,
  "published_at": "2017-02-09T20:59:00.527+00:00"
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