CVE-2010-3088

critical

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.

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1

http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-10-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical