Adium Messenger 1.4.2 MessageBox Title cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adium Messenger 1.4.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component MessageBox Title. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adium Messenger 1.4.2 (Messaging Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component MessageBox Title. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was presented 08/01/2011 as VL-ID 242 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vulnerability-lab.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

A public exploit has been developed in Shell and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at vulnerability-lab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code used by the exploit is:

sh3ll$ echo "123" > \"\>\<body\>\<h1\>0x90trix\ pwns\ -\ IVE\ POWER\ \<iframe\ \src\=\"www.vulnerability-lab.com\"\ style\=\"background-color\:\ green\".gif

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

See VDB-91989 and VDB-91990 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/01/2011 🔍
08/01/2011 +0 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +1883 days 🔍
04/25/2019 +941 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VL-ID 242
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91988
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2016 09:11
Updated: 04/25/2019 10:32
Changes: 09/26/2016 09:11 (44), 04/25/2019 10:32 (2)
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