Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit (MAT) 0.6 and 0.6.1 silently fails to perform "Clean…
Priority LOW 36CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit (MAT) 0.6 and 0.6.1 silently fails to perform "Clean metadata" actions upon invocation from the Nautilus contextual menu, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a file for which cleaning had been attempted.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01796 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit_project:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.6 | Vulnerable | Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit_project:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.6.1 | Vulnerable | Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit_project:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit Project
- cpe:2.3:a:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit_project:metadata_anonymisation_toolkit:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.1 Vulnerable ·Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9149
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xg53-f74r-6v3r
References
Sources
- CVE-2017-9149 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-9149 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xg53-f74r-6v3r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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