Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2087

Title: Hexchat Project Hexchat Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-2087

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jan 18, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.4 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2087: 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.

Impacted Vendors

hexchat_project 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95881 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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