SB2011011806 - Code Injection in ICQ
Published: January 18, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011011806
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0487)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
ICQ 7 does not verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that is fetched through an automatic-update mechanism.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.