CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2841
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer
• xchat xchat (<= 2.8.7b)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 forum.xchat.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30695 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795 www.exploit-db.com
- http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 forum.xchat.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30695 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795 www.exploit-db.com