CVE-2010-0013
Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-01-09 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cf813548d8c64032ca455a08cd94c4e8ad5441fea0ef1c6fe6e9bd4cf53de173
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100102 CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file uploadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1
- secunia.com37953http://secunia.com/advisories/37953
- d.pidgin.imhttp://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483
- sunsolve.sun.com277450http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1
- secunia.com37954http://secunia.com/advisories/37954
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:085http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file uploadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620
- sunsolve.sun.com1022203http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3663http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-0368http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-0429http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1020http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333
- events.ccc.dehttp://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
- d.pidgin.imhttp://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3662http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662
- d.pidgin.imhttp://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file uploadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
- secunia.com37961http://secunia.com/advisories/37961
- secunia.com38915http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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