01 Record
CVE-2010-3088
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2010-10-08 20:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b1d9a6ded37be6d488517302914a581381a58651a195fcfe80ebe6a1c60b854f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100913 Re: CVE Request: pidgin-knotify remote command injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100913 CVE Request: pidgin-knotify remote command injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1