CVE-2010-3088 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a message.

Published: 2010-10-08

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:jianping_yu:pidgin-knotify::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:jianping_yu:pidgin-knotify:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:jianping_yu:pidgin-knotify:0.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:jianping_yu:pidgin-knotify:0.2.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-3089	The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00728.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916

History

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Subscriptions

Jianping Yu Pidgin-knotify

Pidgin Pidgin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-10-08T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:25:36.605Z

Reserved: 2010-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3088

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-08T21:00:02.237

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3088

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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