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CVE-2013-6486

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published2/6/2014

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pidgin:pidgin

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189(secalert@redhat.com)

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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