Vulnerability CVE-2008-2841
Published: 2008-06-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Argument 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.

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Xchat -> Xchat 
Microsoft -> IE 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5795
http://secunia.com/advisories/30695
http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218
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