CVE-2008-2841 (GCVE-0-2008-2841)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-24 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.
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