CVE-2016-2087

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.4

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-2087

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-01-18T17:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-02-02T02:59:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat:2.11.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.4

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2087
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2087

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:42				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:57:39	2017-01-18T17:59Z	2017-01-18T17:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:57:39		2017-02-02T02:59:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:57:40		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated