Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6486

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Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6486

Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42070
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6486
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pidgin
Software vendor:
pidgin.im

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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