Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-12778
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:\Users\<username>\Roaming\qBittorrent 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
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
- http://archive.is/eF2GR
- https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password
- https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada
- http://archive.is/eF2GR
- https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password
- https://medium.com/%40BaYinMin/cve-2017-12778-qbittorrent-ui-lock-authentication-bypass-30959ff55ada
Products affected by CVE-2017-12778
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cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:3.3.15