Vulnerability CVE-2018-17613
Published: 2018-09-28

Description:
Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.16 alpha, when "Use proxy" is enabled, sends credentials and application data in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol.

Type:

CWE-522

 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Telegram -> Telegram desktop 

 References:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280
https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html
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