Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-0315

RCE

Title: Xchat RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-0315.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 28, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-0315: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in xchat allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

Impacted Vendors

xchat 1

Reference Links

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:059 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33444 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481560 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:059 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33444 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481560

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-0315 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 28, 2009 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:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.