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CVE-2017-9868

medium

Description

In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html

https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-25

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00111