Information disclosure in Bitchx

CVE-2007-5922

The modules/mdop.m in the Cypress 1.0k script for BitchX, as downloaded from a distribution site in November 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that e-mails sensitive information (hostnames, usernames, and shell history) to a fixed address.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Bitchx
Cypress — versions 1.0k
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)