CVE-2010-2785 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.57% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-08-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| kvirc | kvirc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | KVIrc 4.0 - '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution | 2010-07-28 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40796
- http://www.osvdb.org/66648
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693
- https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40796
- http://www.osvdb.org/66648
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