CVE-2000-0787

Summary

CVECVE-2000-0787
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-10 19:05:00 UTC
DescriptionIRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xchat Xchat 1.2.1 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.10 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.11 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.12 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.13 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.9 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.1 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.2 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.5.6 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.5.xdev All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.2.1 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.10 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.11 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.12 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.13 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.3.9 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.1 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.2 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.5.6 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.5.xdev All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20000817 XChat URL handler vulnerabilty BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20000825 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xchat BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
20000824 MDKSA-2000:039 - xchat update BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
X-Chat Command Execution Via URLs Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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