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CVE-2013-0271

Date: February 16, 2013

The MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 might allow remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a crafted (1) mxit or (2) mxit/imagestrips pathname.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0271

Url: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a8aef1d340f2

Url: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0271

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-0271

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18386

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-0271

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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