PT-2009-2979 · Xchat · Xchat

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2009-01-28 · Updated 2009-03-06 · CVE-2009-0315

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xchat (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module of xchat, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory. This is related to a vulnerability in the PySys SetArgv function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0315

Affected Products

Xchat

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0315 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0315 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481560 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33444 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 · Note