CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9467

User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Published: Mar 28, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.54 and 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from content spoofing in the files app. The location bar in the files app was not verifying the passed parameters. An attacker could craft an invalid link to a fake directory structure and use this to display an attacker-controlled error message to the user.

Weakness

The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nextcloud_server Nextcloud * 9.0.54 (excluding)
Nextcloud_server Nextcloud 10.0.0 (including) 10.0.1 (excluding)
Owncloud Owncloud 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.6 (excluding)
Owncloud Owncloud 9.1.0 (including) 9.1.2 (excluding)
Owncloud Ubuntu precise *

Extended Description

If an attacker can cause the UI to display erroneous data, or to otherwise convince the user to display information that appears to come from a trusted source, then the attacker could trick the user into performing the wrong action. This is often a component in phishing attacks, but other kinds of problems exist. For example, if the UI is used to monitor the security state of a system or network, then omitting or obscuring an important indicator could prevent the user from detecting and reacting to a security-critical event. UI misrepresentation can take many forms:

Potential Mitigations

References