Vulnerability CVE-2016-5119
Published: 2017-01-23   Modified: 2017-01-24

Description:
The automatic update feature in KeePass 2.33 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the version check response and supplying a crafted update.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
KeePass 2 Man-In-The-Middle
Florian Bogner
02.06.2016

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Keepass -> Keepass 

 References:
https://bogner.sh/2016/03/mitm-attack-against-keepass-2s-update-check/
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137274/KeePass-2-Man-In-The-Middle.html
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/e430cc12/
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