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CVE-2010-3088

The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a message.

Published

2010-10-08T21:00:02.237

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	jianping_yu	pidgin-knotify	≤ 0.2.1	Yes
Application	jianping_yu	pidgin-knotify	0.1	Yes
Application	jianping_yu	pidgin-knotify	0.1.2	Yes
Application	jianping_yu	pidgin-knotify	0.2.0	Yes
Application	pidgin	pidgin	*	No

References

http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4 ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916 ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)