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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2841

Original release date:06/24/2008

Last revised:04/14/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/07/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of XChat as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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External Source: XF

Name: xchat-ircs-command-execution(43065)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43065

External Source: BID

Name: 29696

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 5795

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5795

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30695

Type: Advisory