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Kaspersky LabKLA10781

HistoryApr 11, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

KLA10781 Code execution vulnerability in pidgin-otr plugin.

2016-04-1100:00:00

Kaspersky Lab

threats.kaspersky.com

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.098

Percentile

94.9%

JSON

Use-after-free vulnerability was found in Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via vectors related to the “Authenticate buddy” menu item.

Technical details

This vulnerability is in the create_smp_dialog function in gtk-dialog.c and related to the “Authenticate buddy” menu item.

Original advisories

Related products

Pidgin

CVE list

CVE-2015-8833 critical

Solution

Update to the latest version

Download page with latest version of pidgin-otr plugin

Impacts

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.