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CVE-2016-2087

Date: January 18, 2017

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2087
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2087
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2087

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Path Traversal

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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