CVE-2002-0006 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.09% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-06-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xchat | xchat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | X-Chat 1.x - CTCP Ping Remote IRC Command Execution | 2002-01-09 |
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856
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