CVE-2002-0006

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

8.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2003-04-02

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21210

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2002-0005
• CVE-2002-0010
• CVE-2002-0004
• CVE-2002-0013
• CVE-2002-0002
• CVE-2002-0022