CVE-2004-0784

Description

The smiley theme functionality in Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename of the tar file that is dragged to the smiley selector.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.27% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml	vendor advisory
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=1	patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10008	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17144	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0784?: CVE-2004-0784 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0784?: To fix CVE-2004-0784, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0784 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0784 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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