CVE-2000-0787

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-10-20

Updated: 2008-09-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

Detections

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