CVE-2013-6486
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3185.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.85% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.