cve/2018/CVE-2018-17613.md

### [CVE-2018-17613](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17613)
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### Description

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

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html
- https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.