PT-2016-5886

CVE-2016-4323

Published

2016-06-23

Updated

2017-03-30

Description by

CVSS 2.0

5.8

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin (affected versions not specified)

Description A directory traversal issue exists in Pidgin's handling of the MXIT protocol. This could allow a malicious server or an attacker with network access to potentially overwrite files by sending specially crafted MXIT data. The issue can be triggered when an invalid filename for a splash image is provided.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploitability

Exploit

Impacts

Researchers

Yves Younan

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-4323