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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0013 · published 9 January 2010

CVE-2010-0013: Adium path traversal vulnerability

Adium · Adium

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 12% · top 3.9% CWE-22 · Path traversal
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
48References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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 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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467 Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810 Broken Link
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273 Broken Link
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html Product
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37961 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1 Mailing ListPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483 Issue TrackingPatch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620 Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467 Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810 Broken Link
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273 Broken Link
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html Product
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37961 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1 Mailing ListPatch

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