RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

BID:14358

CVE-2005-2418 |

Info

RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14358
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 23 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 23 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Andreas Beck <[email protected]> disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: RealChat RealChat Server 3.5.1 b
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

RealChat is a commercial chat server written in Java, supporting multiple platforms.

RealChat is susceptible to a user impersonation vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error in the application.

This vulnerability allows attackers to spoof the source of chat messages. Attackers may also spoof the avatar picture for users, making users receiving spoofed messages more likely to attribute them to the perceived source.

Exploit / POC

RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

RealChat User Impersonation Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report