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CVE-2000-07871 exploit

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a U…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
9.2%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

9.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20161 X-Chat 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 - Command Execution via URLs · remote · 2000-08-17

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1601 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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