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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in XChat 1.89 (Chat Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component DNS Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
XChat IRC client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a /dns command on a host whose DNS reverse lookup contains shell metacharacters.
The bug was discovered 03/27/2002. The weakness was shared 06/25/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0382. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 90 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13954 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDKSA-2002:051)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8704) and Tenable (13954).
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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Nessus ID: 13954
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDKSA-2002:051)
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0382 (🔍)
X-Force: 8704
Vulnerability Center: 6743 - Code Execution in X-Chat <= 1.8.9 via /dns Query, High
SecurityFocus: 4376 - XChat DNS Command Character Stripping EXECL Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14760 - X-Chat /dns query allows remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 14:17Updated: 05/29/2019 08:16
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:17 (68), 05/29/2019 08:16 (5)
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