{
    "id": "CVE-2002-0006",
    "published": "2002-06-25 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:56:34",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08087",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94655",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "xchat",
            "product": "xchat"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21210",
            "title": "X-Chat 1.x - CTCP Ping Remote IRC Command Execution",
            "date": "2002-01-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21210"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}