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ICQ 6 HTML Code Generation Remote Format String

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4405

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a remote format string flaw.

Description

The remote host is an ICQ client. ICQ is a messaging software that is used for chat, file exchange and more.
This version is reported to be vulnerable to a remote format string overflow. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a user to open a specially formatted message. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitrary code on the target machine.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6 build 6043 or higher.

See Also

http://www.icq.com

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4405

Published: 4/14/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:icq:mirabilis_icq

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1120

BID: 28027