CVE-2013-6486

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-6486
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-02-06T16:10:58
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-03-16T04:42:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.10.7
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81 Vendor Advisory
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6486
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6486
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:36:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:49:04 2014-02-06T16:10Z 2014-02-06T16:10:58 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 21:49:04 2014-03-16T04:42:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 21:49:04 Modified Vulnerability Status updated