CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2087
7.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.
Affected configurations
• hexchat project hexchat 2.11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881 www.securityfocus.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881 www.securityfocus.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry