Description
IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- X-Chat 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 - Command Execution via URLs EDB-20161 · remote · Aug 17, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000817 XChat URL handler vulnerabilty mailing-list
- 1601 vdb-entry
- 20000825 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xchat mailing-list
- RHSA-2000:055 vendor-advisory
- 20000824 MDKSA-2000:039 - xchat update mailing-list