CVE-2016-2087

EPSS 9.4%

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.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 3

cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.htmlunverified cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656unverified

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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881