{"cve":"CVE-2013-6486","nvd":{"published":"2014-02-06T16:10:58.857","modified":"2026-06-17T00:00:34.833","status":"Modified","description":"gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3185.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html","http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189"],"products":["pidgin:pidgin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-6486","score":0.03847,"percentile":0.90133,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}