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: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1257
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Pidgin
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1257
Install update from vendor's website.