CVE-2008-7070

critical

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (quote) followed by command line switches in a (1) irc:///, (2) irc6:///, (3) ircs:///, or (4) and ircs6:/// URI. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2951.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7181

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46779

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498557/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/32410

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0333