CVE-2018-17613

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

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/102.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/474.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/50.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/509.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/551.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/555.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/560.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/561.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/600.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/644.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/645.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/652.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/653.html

References

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