Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2841

RCE

Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-2841

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Jun 24, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

15.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2841: 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.

Impacted Vendors

xchat 1

microsoft 1

Reference Links

http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 http://secunia.com/advisories/30695 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795 http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 http://secunia.com/advisories/30695 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2841 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 24, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.