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CVE-2016-2087

Hexchat IRC Client 2.11.0 - Directory Traversal

Severity Score

7.4
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el cliente en HexChat 2.11.0 permite a servidores IRC remotos leer o modificar archivos arbitrarios a través de un .. (punto punto) en el nombre del servidor.

Hexchat IRC client version 2.11.0 suffers from a directory traversal vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-01-27 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-04-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-05 First Exploit
  • 2024-11-10 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Hexchat Project
Search vendor "Hexchat Project"
 Hexchat
Search vendor "Hexchat Project" for product "Hexchat"
 2.11.0
Search vendor "Hexchat Project" for product "Hexchat" and version "2.11.0"
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Affected