Vulnerability in Xchat
CVE-2000-0787
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xchat — versions 1.2.1, 1.3.9, 1.3.10
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)