CVE-2019-6453

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
mIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers. The attacker can specify an irc:// URI that loads an arbitrary .ini file from a UNC share pathname. Exploitation depends on browser-specific URI handling (Chrome is not exploitable).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-6453
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-02-18T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-88 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mirc:mirc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.55
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:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mirc.com/news.html Product
https://proofofcalc.com/cve-2019-6453-mIRC/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://proofofcalc.com/advisories/20190218.txt Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/proofofcalc/cve-2019-6453-poc Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46392/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://twitter.com/proofofcalc/status/1097518413143003136 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6453
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6453
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:16:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:28:32 2019-02-18T15:29Z 2019-02-18T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 17:28:32 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 17:28:32 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated