CVE-2012-2085 (GCVE-0-2012-2085)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-28 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:17
VLAI
Summary
The exec_command function in common/helpers.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an href attribute.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/48708 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://trac.gajim.org/ticket/7031 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/08/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://trac.gajim.org/changeset/bc296e96ac10 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52943 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2011-11-04 00:00
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