# CVE-2017-17847: An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-12-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Signature spoofing is possible because the UI does not properly distinguish between an attachment signature, and a signature that applies to the entire containing message, aka TBE-01-021. This is demonstrated by an e-mail message with an attachment that is a signed e-mail message in message/rfc822 format.

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## References

- https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%20Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/709/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00333.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/enigmail-users%40enigmail.net/msg04280.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00021.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4070

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