CVE-2008-2841

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2841
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-24 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 15:12:00 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie All All All All
Application Microsoft Ie All All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt All All All All
Application Xchat Xchat All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XChat <= 2.8.7b (URI Handler) Remote Code Execution Exploit (ie6/ie7) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM forum.xchat.org
XChat "ircs" URI Handling Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
XChat 'ircs://' URI Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-07Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of XChat as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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