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CVE-2017-17848

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.84% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-17848
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.84%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. In a variant of CVE-2017-17847, signature spoofing is possible for multipart/related messages because a signed message part can be referenced with a cid: URI but not actually displayed. In other words, the entire containing message appears to be signed, but the recipient does not see any of the signed text.

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