Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35053

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Pidgin - CVE-2012-1257

Published: November 20, 2019 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35053

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1257

CWE-ID: CWE-319

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: pidgin.im

Affected software:
Pidgin

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.

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