7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.11 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%
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.
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601