Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 7 products from adium, from pidgin, from fedoraproject and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-01-09T18:30:01.697
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | adium | adium | 1.3.8 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 11 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 12 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | ≤ 11.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | linux_enterprise | 11.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 | Yes |
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