CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9468

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 dav app. The exception message displayed on the DAV endpoints contained partially user-controllable input leading to a potential misrepresentation of information.

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 (including)
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