CVE-2008-2841

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
31.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: June 24, 2008 (6533 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

CWE

CWE-94

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorerxchat xchat

References

🔗 forum.xchat.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com