CVE-2002-0006
XChat <= 1.8.7 - Remote IRC Command Execution via CTCP PING Response
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0006. PoCs published by Marcus Meissner.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a vulnerability in X-Chat where CTCP ping requests with escaped newline characters can execute additional IRC commands, potentially granting operator status or enabling social engineering attacks. The vulnerability is mitigated in versions after 1.4.3 by disabling character expansion by default.
Description
XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.
Exploits (1)
The exploit describes a vulnerability in X-Chat where CTCP ping requests with escaped newline characters can execute additional IRC commands, potentially granting operator status or enabling social engineering attacks. The vulnerability is mitigated in versions after 1.4.3 by disabling character expansion by default.