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From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-adv
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Date: Fri Mar 21 2008 - 16:17:04 CDT
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TITLE:
CenterIM URL Parsing Command Execution Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29489
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29489/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
CenterIM 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/18003/
DESCRIPTION:
Brian Fonfara has discovered a vulnerability in CenterIM, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the improper handling of URLs
received via a chat message. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system by tricking the user into
opening a specially crafted URL containing shell escape characters.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.22.3. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open links from untrusted sources using CenterIM.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Brian Fonfara
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5283
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