CVE-2017-12778

Description

The UI Lock feature in qBittorrent version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass, which allows Attack to gain unauthorized access to qBittorrent functions by tampering the affected flag value of the config file at the C:UsersRoamingqBittorrent pathname. The attacker must change the value of the "locked" attribute to "false" within the "Locking" stanza. NOTE: This is an intended behavior. See https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.092

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-12778 are affected in qBittorrent 3.3.15	Windows

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-347513	qBittorrent (5.1.0)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234