security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.21%
Description
IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.2.1
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.13
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.xdev
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following product: - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:055 (2000-08-22)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.21% (0.09211) | 95.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.21% (0.09211) | 94.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 8.60% (0.08597) | 92.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.34% (0.12341) | 93.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.78% (0.19783) | 92.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.34% (0.12341) | 93.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.99% (0.10989) | 95.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 10.99% (0.10989) | 94.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.90% (0.06902) | 92.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 88.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 71.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0787 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616513 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0787
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0787
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0787 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616513 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0787 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0787 |
Change history (0)
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