CVE-2012-1257

MEDIUM

Pidgin - Cleartext Transmission

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Dimitris Glynos · pythonremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36884

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14830

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-319
Status published
Products (1)
pidgin/pidgin 2.10.0
Published Nov 20, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026