CVE-2013-6486
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (54)
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references (12)
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- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8bcnnvd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81cnnvd
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8benisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189enisa_euvd
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8bnvd
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