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CVE-2010-0013 in the critical feed json

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…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0045

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.5%
EPSS 12.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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 application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Patch / fix

  • pidgin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0013

  • pidgin RHEL 4 2.6.5-1.el4.1
  • pidgin RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.6.5-1.el5
  • finch RHEL 4 2.6.5-1.el4.1
  • finch RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.6.5-1.el5
  • libpurple RHEL 4 2.6.5-1.el4.1
  • libpurple RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.6.5-1.el5
  • pidgin-perl RHEL 4 2.6.5-1.el4.1
  • pidgin-perl RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.6.5-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0044

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0013 updated cvss 4.3

pidgin/libpurple: MSN custom smiley request directory traversal file disclosure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 finch 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) finch 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 finch 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) finch 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 finch 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) finch 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el5, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el5, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 finch 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple 2.6.5-1.el4.1, pidgin-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-tcl 2.6.5-1.el4.1, libpurple-perl 2.6.5-1.el4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0044

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-11203)

Exploit prediction

12.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-11203 Pidgin MSN 2.6.4 - File Download remote, 2010-01-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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