CVE-2010-0013
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 12.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Pidgin MSN 2.6.4 - File Download (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11203remote, multiplepublished 19 Jan 2010Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- [oss-security] 20100102 CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 277450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 37954 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1022203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-0368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-0429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0045 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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