01 Record
CVE-2002-0006
XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 015b5b9e82c2a3da43bcfc3e251df6c72a7fa57424c3ba5297442d745819ad3c
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxchat-ctcp-ping-command(7856)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2002:453http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2002:005http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html
- online.securityfocus.comHPSBTL0201-016http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806
- www.securityfocus.com3830http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830
- marc.info20020109 xchat IRC session hijacking vulnerability (versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-099http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099