Vulnerability CVE-2010-3088
Published: 2010-10-08   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Jianping yu -> Pidgin-knotify 

 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
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