Vulnerability in Irssi
CVE-2002-1840
irssi IRC client 0.8.4, when downloaded after 14-March-2002, could contain a backdoor in the configuration file, which allows remote attackers to access the system.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Irssi — versions 0.8.4
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4831 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- real.irssi.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274132 (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9176.php (vdb-entry)