VDB
CVE-2013-6486
CVE-2013-6486
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 1.27% · 79.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
9.300000190734863
EPSS Score
1.27%
79.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.1, 0, 2.0.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- Everdoh/CVE-2013-6490 (github-poc)
- Everdoh/CVE-2013-6490 (github-poc)
- Everdoh/CVE-2013-6490 (github-poc)
- Everdoh/CVE-2013-6490 (github-poc)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0326 (circl)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0239 (circl)
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81 (circl)
- 65189 (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 28, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/ advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0326 vendor-advisory
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b url
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0239 vendor-advisory
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81 url
- 65189 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6486 advisory