Vulnerability CVE-2008-7070
Published: 2009-08-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (quote) followed by command line switches in a (1) irc:///, (2) irc6:///, (3) ircs:///, or (4) and ircs6:/// URI. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2951.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny (uri handler) remote command execution exploit
Nine:Situations:...
23.11.2008

Type:

CWE-94

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Kvirc -> Kvirc 

 References:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/kvirc_342_cmd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498557/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32410
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46779
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7181
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