Description
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- ROB_FLYNN
- Published
- 9/24/2002
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
rob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaimrob_flynn : gaim
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