Information disclosure in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2017-9868
Published: July 16, 2017 / Updated: August 24, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7545
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9868
CWE-ID: CWE-276
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Eclipse
Affected software:
Eclipse Mosquitto
Eclipse Mosquitto
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access permission setting for mosquitto.db. A local user can gain access to sensitive MQTT topic information.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9868
Update to version 0.4.13.