VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0989
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.19% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- rob flynn/gaim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:06.asc
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000521
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046442403404&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-158Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9978.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/5033
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-189.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-190.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-191.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5574
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:06.asc
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000521
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046442403404&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-158Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9978.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/5033
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-189.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-190.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-191.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5574
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.