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CVE-2008-7070 (GCVE-0-2008-7070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-25 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:56
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://retrogod.altervista.org/kvirc_342_cmd.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498557/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7181 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32410 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/32410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-11-21 00:00
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