01 Record
CVE-2019-6453
mIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers. The attacker can specify an irc:// URI that loads an arbitrary .ini file from a UNC
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
mIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers. The attacker can specify an irc:// URI that loads an arbitrary .ini file from a UNC
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
- 54.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2019-02-18 15:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 20:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfc37c0b135a7b14efc68dbc517bf865f271a7c3ca83809dbc1e2fcaa941ac1b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com46392https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46392/
- proofofcalc.comhttps://proofofcalc.com/advisories/20190218.txt
- github.comhttps://github.com/proofofcalc/cve-2019-6453-poc
- www.mirc.comhttps://www.mirc.com/news.html
- proofofcalc.comhttps://proofofcalc.com/cve-2019-6453-mIRC/
- twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/proofofcalc/status/1097518413143003136