A vulnerability has been found in Pidgin 2.10.0 (Messaging Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component dbus. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext transmission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-319. The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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

The bug was discovered 02/25/2012. The weakness was shared 11/20/2019 as EDB-ID 36884 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1257 since 02/21/2012. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1040.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2825 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (36884).

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• Messaging Software

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• Pidgin

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• 2.10.0

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• open-source

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