# CVE-2004-0784: The smiley theme functionality in Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the fil

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-09-02 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The smiley theme functionality in Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename of the tar file that is dragged to the smiley selector.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml
- http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10008
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17144

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