CVE-2019-6453

Summary

CVECVE-2019-6453
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-18 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionmIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers. The attacker can specify an irc:// URI that loads an arbitrary .ini file from a UNC share pathname. Exploitation depends on browser-specific URI handling (Chrome is not exploitable).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-88

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mirc Mirc All All All All
Application Mirc Mirc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2019-6453: RCE on mIRC <7.55 using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers · Proof of Calc MISC proofofcalc.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
www.mirc.com/news.html MISC www.mirc.com Product
proofofcalc.com/advisories/20190218.txt MISC proofofcalc.com Third Party Advisory
GitHub - proofofcalc/cve-2019-6453-poc: Proof of calc for CVE-2019-6453 MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
ProofOfCalc na Twitterze: "Finally publishing write-up + advisory + PoC for CVE-2019-6453 (RCE on mIRC < 7.55)! Link to the WU: https://t.co/EW43KB2WkV Link to the PoC: https://t.co/F1x1E7qysV -- @_SIben_ @Geluchat" MISC twitter.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
mIRC < 7.55 - 'Custom URI Protocol Handlers' Remote Command Execution - Windows remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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