Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Pidgin's MXIT Protocol
CVE-2016-4323

3.7LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Pidgin

Status
Pidgin
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-4323?

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol handling within the Pidgin software. This issue arises when specially crafted MXIT data is sent from a server, which can lead to unauthorized file overwrites. Attackers leveraging this vulnerability can manipulate network traffic to provide invalid filenames intended for splash images. Consequently, this can compromise the integrity of the affected files on the user's system.

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Affected Version(s)

Pidgin 2.10.11

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=97
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.7
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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