2665 : mIRC IRC URI Handler Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
21	1449	over 8 years ago	about 1 year ago	5 times	85%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2003-10-14	2003-10-14

Description

mIRC contain a flaw that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise the system with a buffer overflow. If a malicious attacker sends an overly long, specially crafted hostname using the irc: URI the buffer will overflow and allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Technical

The overflow exists in the way that mIRC handles the "irc:" URI.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

mIRC	mIRC	6.0
		6.01
		6.02
		6.03
		6.1

References

Milw0rm: 112
Exploit Database: 112
ISS X-Force ID: 13405
CVE ID: 2003-1336 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 2628 2663
Metasploit ID: 2665
SCIP VulDB ID: 330
Bugtraq ID: 8819
Secunia Advisory ID: 9996
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2003-q4/0060.html
Generic Informational URL: http://www.mirc.co.uk/
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6M00B0U8KE.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.mirc.com/get.html

Credit

Phuong Nguyen - phuongecqurity.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-09-24 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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