cve/2016/CVE-2016-2087.md

CVE-2016-2087

Description

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.

POC

Reference

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

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon