Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0787 - Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
xchat
exploit available

Summary

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.

Exploit-Db

descriptionX-Chat 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 Command Execution Via URLs Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0787 . Remote exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:20161
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-08-17
published2000-08-17
reporterzenith parsec
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/20161/
titleX-Chat 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 Command Execution Via URLs Vulnerability

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2000:055